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सिलिकोसिस से मौत पर मानवाधिकार आयोग से गुहार
जिले में सिलिकोसिस बीमारी से लगातार हो रही मौत और प्रशासनिक लापरवाही के विरोध में मानवाधिकार आयोग का दरवाजा खट-खटाया गया है। रायगढ़ जिले में सिलिकोसिस बीमारी से लगातार हो रही मौत और प्रशासनिक लापरवाही के विरोध में मानवाधिकार आयोग का दरवाजा खट-खटाया गया है। मानवाधिकार...
Schools Asbestos Awareness Workshop – Asbestos the Silent Killer
Report by Prudence Kotoloane, Asbestos Interest Group Venue: Galotolo Primary School Date: 16 June 2016 Facilitators: Asbestos Interest Group Staff Target groups: pupils from local primary and middle schools Introduction The Asbestos Interest Group is a non-profit...
Raj takes a step ahead in fight against silicosis prevention
Jaipur: There are over 5,300 certified silicosis patients in the state. On Wednesday, a delegation from the Jawab Do dharna met secretary Deepak Upreti of the state mining department and other officials, and came away feeling that the fate of those afflicted by this...
‘Give pension to all silicosis patients’
JAIPUR: It was a day of discussion on health at the Jawab Do dharna on Tuesday. Small groups of people had arrived from many of the 20 districts in the state where silicosis is rampant, to share their experiences of getting Rs 1 lakh compensation from the state...
Fly Ash Causing Havoc Across A Dozen Villages In Madhya Pradesh
KHANDWA, MADHYA PRADESH: Farmer Bablu Chouhan is waging a daily battle to clear the constant barrage of fly ash, which is turning his 5-acre farmland in Dogalia village barren. Almost all his family members are ill. The fly ash is coming from two 500-hectare ponds,...