NONGSTOIN, June 29 -- For any other state in the country, the mushrooming of many coke manufacturing factories in a small village would have led to an outrage. However with an opposition that prides itself on being toothless and a government that envisions itself as ruthless, the continued cases of violations, hardly affect.Coke factories in Shallang area under the district of West Khasi Hills (WKH) and as per local estimates there are at least 25, which have become a regular feature in its firmament, with everything about the factories being illegal. The entire set up is in a civilian filled area with factories running through the day and night, producing gases that have already raised questions on the survival of the local populace.

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