Air sampling report: JP Cements and Ambuja Cements Limited, Nalagarh
An independent monitoring report released by the local environmental NGO Himparivesh and Community Environmental Monitoring Campaign has implicated two cement plants in the Nalagarh area of emitting hazardous pollutants in the air. The lives and the health of people living in their vicinity have been put to grave risk, the report has revealed. The reports of the air samples analysed by Chester labnet, an American laboratory reveal the presence of hazardous substances like very fine particles, manganese, mercury, nickel and cadmium many times above the human safety standard limits. Children, pregnant women, people already suffering from diseases and old people are especially susceptible to their ill-effects which can be harmful upon exposure lasting even a few weeks.