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About 50 brick kilns are running against the rules in Hathras. Their complaint has reached NGT. The pollution control department and the district administration have now jointly raided these kilns. Preparations are being made for this.
About 150 to 200 brick kilns are operating in Hathras. In this, 111 brick kilns operate according to the rules by completing the paper process. There is a turnover of around Rs 100 crore in the whole year. About 30 thousand people get employment from these kilns.
This paperwork has to be completed
It is necessary to obtain permission from the Pollution Control Board for the operation of brick kilns. Permission is required from the mining department. Registration is required for GST. Apart from this, the amount is deposited every year in the District Panchayat. From there the certificate has to be taken. Then the brick kiln is operated.
Not even NOC from pollution control board
About 50 brick kilns are running illegally in the district. They do not even have NOC from the Pollution Control Board. This has been revealed after the complaint in NGT. After the complaint in NGT, the Pollution Control Board will jointly raid these kilns with the district administration soon. Apart from Hathras, there have been complaints in the NGT about kilns operating in Etah, Kasganj and Aligarh.
brick became costlier due to strike
In the past days, brick traders went on strike for various demands including GST. Due to this the work of baking of bricks could not start in December. The price of the first brick was Rs 5500 per thousand. Due to the strike, the prices of bricks have increased by Rs 100 per thousand. Because of this it has become expensive to build a house for the common man.
111 brick kilns are operating in the district with various permissions. There is a turnover of around Rs 100 crore in the whole year. About 30 thousand people are getting employment from them. Illegally operated brick kilns should be closed, due to which revenue is also affected. -Kamal Goyerl, Int Kiln Entrepreneur
Strict action should be taken against illegal brick kilns running in the district. If these kilns are run according to the rules, then the revenue of the district will also increase. No one is allowed on the kilns which are being operated against the rules. Action should be taken against them. ,Ambareesh Maheshwari – Brick Kiln Entrepreneur
Earlier the rate was coming at 5255 per thousand. Now it has crossed Rs 6,000. Due to this it has become expensive to manufacture. There will be relief only when the prices of bricks fall. The prices of rebar and cement etc. have come down. Shivkumar Sharma, Customer
Brick plays an important role in construction. Now the prices of bricks are skyrocketing. Because of this, the construction of houses is becoming expensive. Brick traders are talking about starting the kiln from February. Then somewhere the prices of bricks may fall. -Vinod Agarwal, Customer
About 50 brick kilns are running without permission in the district. This has come to know after a complaint in NGT. The District Administration and Pollution Control Department will conduct raids to get these kilns closed. -JP Singh, District Incharge Pollution Control Board
