Shahpur’s brick kilns choke workers, make soil infertile

No unit has certification on pollution Soppamma D, a brick kiln worker in Shahpur, coughed continuously as she added water to mud clay and poured it into a stencil to make rectangular clay bricks. Her husband picked up the dried ones stacked them, and fired them using coal. This is the daily routine for the […]

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Illegal smoking rooms abound in Bengaluru

BBMP has not cracked the whip on hotels, pubs and bars that have an illegal smoking area. Restaurants, pubs and bars in Bengaluru have smoking areas without acquiring no-objection certificates (NOCs) from BBMP. “We have a smoking zone in our hotel in the entrance area. There is no restriction for people who smoke there. We […]

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