'Brick-kiln industry might take years to recoup'

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AFTER the state government allowed the manufacturing of bricks at kilns post lockdown, their expenditure remained the same, but the income has been stalled. The industry that is completely dependent on manual labour will find it difficult to get back on track post the lockdown. In an interview with The Tribune reporter, a former patron of the Brick Kiln Association of Amritsar Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, who is also the honorary secretary of the KCGC, discusses the effect of the lockdown on the brick-kilns industry. Excerpts: