- Illegal mining and mushrooming sponge iron units spell pollution peril for Giridih

SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR

Up in smoke: Iron and steel factory in Giridih
Giridih, Feb. 24: For a getaway once famed for its uncontaminated ambience, this is a shocker. Rampant mining of coal and mica and poison fumes billowing out of sponge iron factories have left Giridih in its dying breath.