HAIR RAISING PROBLEM
HAIR RAISING PROBLEM
The Delhi high court has issued notices to the Central Pollution Control Board, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority and the Police Commissioner in a petition regarding pollution caused by burning of human hair by hair traders in Jwalapuri, west Delhi. A division bench comprising justice Y K Sabharwal and justice K S Gupta asked the respondents to file their reply to the notices by September 23. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Movement for Improvement of Landscape Environment and Society which alleged that hair burning was causing serious health hazards as it emitted toxic gases.