A group of Jharia youth, led by speech therapist Aklaque Ahmad launched an awareness campaign on Friday to draw the attention of authorities regarding air pollution resulting from coal dust air due to various practices like open cast mining.
The group, named Youth Concept, has been working on environmental issues since long. On Friday, it installed more than 25 flags, bearing messages from local residents to conserve the environment.
A signature campaign was also carried out during the programme, which began at the heart of Jharia town at Katras More. Owner of Deshbandhu Talkies, Dhanbad’s oldest single-screen cinema hall, Gopal Agarwal, and president of Jharia Coalfield Bachao Samiti Murari Sharma were present during the campaign.