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A good number of illegal brick kilns have come up in the district and environmentalists have opined that these brick kilns are responsible for rise in temperature in the region as well as land degradation and air pollution.Sources said thousands of brick kilns are operating in Kujang, Erasama, Tirtol, Raghunathpur, Biridi, Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur and Naugaon areas with many of them running illegally. Brick kiln owners, allegedly in connivance with revenue officials, have been running their business and violating pollution norms. It is found that most of the illegal brick kilns have been set up on agricultural land and river banks.
