Justice at last
for the 3,000 residents of Athwajan, the closing down of nine stone-crushing units was justice at last. For decades, the residents were forced to breathe air laden with fine particles carried from the crushers set up near their colonies.
Repeated appeals to the authorities to shift these units went unheeded. However, a study conducted by scientists of the J&K State Pollution Control Board ( jkspcb ) in Athawajan area, showed that against the permissible limit of 600 microgrammes per cubic metre (
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