My town Vasco-da-Gama is being ravaged by coal dust. The Indian port town of Goa is a major ore and coal handling hub. The laid back citizenry is in a grip of respiratory disorders which is now trending towards an endemic proportion and this has led to frantic efforts by its people to right every wrong. A wrong, in which the culpability of the government and its statutory bodies responsible to monitor and ensure compliance is beyond doubt. This post hopes to educate and spread awareness on the fate that stares at the people of this town especially the children. Some of the text reproduced here is taken from a study paper in Australia titled ‘THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF BREATHING THE AIR NEAR COAL MINES’. Every occupation bears the risk of some disorder of the other which is commonly termed as occupational hazard. Those who work in salt pans have their share of disorder, and so do those working in iron, lead, and even gold mines. The coal mine worker is subjected to the risk o
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