Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 11: Taking serious note of the situation in industrial area around Udhampur city, Mustafa Kamal, Additional General Secretary National Conference today said that Government has flouted norms by allowing chemical and cement factories in the vicinity which in turn are devastating agriculture land as hazardous waste is being released without any treatment.
Kamal said this during an interaction with people of Udhampur, who met him during his visit to the city on the behest of Party President Dr Farooq Abdullah.
Conveying their apprehensions about the ramifications of the aforesaid issue, the locals apprised the senior NC leader about Government’s move to permit pesticide and cement factories in which the dangerous chemical waste is being allowed to seep in the agriculture lands in the vicinity.
The senior NC leader Kamal said that while looking into the whole gamut it seems that the Government has not given permission for industry but has given license to industrialists to kill the people. He said that this is totally unacceptable and he will approach the concerned quarters in the administration to raise the issue and save the agricultural land and people from the harmful effects of the industry.
Kamal said that the Government should not have allowed such a big blunder as people’s health is prime.
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