Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 7: A meeting of the Sub Committee (Brick Kilns Related) of the Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly was held today under the chairmanship of MLA, Ch. Zulfikar Ali.
The meeting deliberated upon various issues including impact of brick kilns on human lives and decline in agriculture besides discussing rules and regulations related to Pollution Control Board.
The Legislators, Dr. Shafi Ahmad Wani, Charanjit Singh, Prof. Gharu Ram and Ch. Sham Lal gave valuable suggestions for making Jammu and Kashmir a pollution free State.
The Committee directed the DDCs of Samba and Kathua to collect detailed information on the brunt of brick kilns on human lives and agriculture in these districts for the last three years and submit the same to the Assembly Secretariat for scrutiny.
The Committee asked the PCB authorities to gear up their field functionaries to keep a strict check over implementation of their prescribed norms.
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