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Brick-kilns add to rising mercury in Kendrapara [1]

KENDRAPARA: In flagrant violation of laid-down norms, 500 brick-kilns, including 60 modern chimney brick-kilns, are operating in this coastal district. Environmentalists said the brick-kilns have become a major cause of land degradation, rising temperature and air pollution.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Land Degradation [4], Deforestation [5], Bricks [6], Orissa (Odisha) [7], Kendrapara (D) [8]
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