Bhubaneswar, Jan. 8 -- union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought personal intervention from the Centre and the Odisha government to find a permanent solution to the alarmingly rising air pollution in the Angul-Talcher industrial belt.
In separate letters addressed to union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Pradhan highlighted the serious threat posed by deteriorating air quality to public health in the region.
Expressing deep concern over the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Angul consistently remaining in the "severe" category, Pradhan noted that Talcher's inclusion among the most polluted cities in t...