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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Left parties against setting up asbestos unit

PATNA: Four Left parties on Thursday jointly sought immediate intervention of CM Nitish Kumar to stop the setting up of an asbestos factory at Chainpur-Vishunpur village in Marwan block of Muzaffarpur district.

Leaders of the CPI, CPM, CPI(ML) and SUCI feared that the factory would not only cause environmental hazards to the "bahu fasli" (multi-cropping) fertile land but would also cause health problems for the people living near the factory site.

On January 12, a four-member team constituted by the four parties conducted a probe into the existing situation in the area. It felt that the area lying within the 500-metre radius of the factory was fast turning into a potential flashpoint with old men, women and schoolchildren taking to the streets against the setting up of the factory .

The four-member probe team consisted of CPI state executive member Vijay Narayan Mishra, CPM state secretariat member Arun Mishra, CPI(ML) state secretariat member Dhirendra Jha and Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) state secretariat member Arun Kumar Singh.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Left-parties-against-setting-up-asbestos-unit-/articleshow/7279661.cms#ixzz1BPefstRv

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