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.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/brick-kilns-add-rising-mercury-kendrapara
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bricks
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kendrapara-d