Ghaziabad: More than two dozen polluting factories were razed in Loni town in Ghaziabad district on Wednesday on the instructions of District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari, officials said.
A team comprising district administration and pollution department officials demolished the units with the help of police, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Loni) Durgesh Kumar said.
Residents of Krishna Vihar colony here have for long complained against illegal factories burning plastic and scrapped insulated cables to extract aluminum and copper, and polluting the locality with harmful emissions.
The workers and the owners of the units fled from the spot as soon as the team arrived, they added.
A team comprising district administration and pollution department officials demolished the units with the help of police, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Loni) Durgesh Kumar said.
Residents of Krishna Vihar colony here have for long complained against illegal factories burning plastic and scrapped insulated cables to extract aluminum and copper, and polluting the locality with harmful emissions.
The workers and the owners of the units fled from the spot as soon as the team arrived, they added.
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