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The kiln industry, already reeling under pressure for years, is facing a further decrease in its numbers.

Rising taxes and falling brick kilns of Punjab: triple burden of GST on coal, mining royalty and new technology

December 02, 2025 5:56 pm

A rural small-scale industry is shrinking with every passing year in Punjab: from 2,700 to 1,500 kilns in just three years.

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To check pollution, brick kilns told not to operate before Feb

November 25, 2023 4:20 am

The production in brick kilns is generally closed in July and gets operational in December every year.

PM Modi expresses grief at deaths in brick kiln mishap in Bihar, announces compensation

December 24, 2022 11:40 am

At least six persons were killed and 10 injured in the explosion in East Champaran district on Friday evening.

20% of fuel used in brick kilns to be paddy straw, says Punjab government

November 14, 2022 7:18 am

This decision will give a boost to straw management and farmers will benefit financially by selling straw, Punjab's Environment, Science and Technology Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said.

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‘Bonded labour’ at brick kiln: High Court tells Kapurthala collector to file report

June 26, 2020 10:24 am

A petition filed by activist Nirmal Gorana last week alleged that at least 50 labourers from Chhattisgarh including minors and women were being forced to work as ‘bonded labourers’ at a brick kiln in Sangatpur village of Phagwara tehsil.

Explained: How brick kilns contribute to rising pollution

November 18, 2019 8:58 am

On Friday, the NGT had passed an order in Utkarsha Panwar versus CPCB that 7,000 brick kilns including those with new zig-zag technology in the NCR must be closed till the end of February 2020, or till pollution level comes down.

Labourers' hands chopped: SC notice to chief secretaries of Odisha, Andhra

January 27, 2014 1:16 pm

Right palms of two migrant labourers from Odisha were chopped off by a contractor.

Brick kiln owners overcharge us,say panchayats; DC orders probe

March 12, 2010 12:46 am

Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav has asked the district food and civil supplies controller to look into the complaints lodged by several panchayats...

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Maoists torch tractor in Gaya

February 09, 2016 6:03 am

Gaya, Feb 09 (ANI): At least five Maoist rebels barged into a brick kiln in Bihar’s Gaya district and torched a tractor after its owner failed to pay Rs 1 lakh as "levy". The rebels threatened the kiln workers with their lives if "levy" was not paid regularly. The kiln owner said that Rs 25, 000 was paid monthly to the ultras until last two months when they started demanding Rs 1 lakh. Police have begun investigation into the matter. However, the Maoists claim to be fighting for the rights of peasants and landless labourers as they routinely call strikes, attack government property and target politicians and police.