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Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the Railways is yet to formulate comprehensive guidelines for handling and transportation of bulk commodities which are pollution intensive. According to Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981, all sidings and goods sheds should obtain consent for operation from their respective state pollution control boards. The zonal railway administrations failed to adhere to the statutory provisions in respect of 50 per cent of the sidings test checked, it observed.


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