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Wood-fired kilns in Uttam Nagar’s potters’ village continue to be operational, despite a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order in December directing that they be shut down. AdvertisingOn Tuesday, thick smoke could be seen coming out of a number of furnaces inside homes of Kumhar Gram. The village, in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, houses several potter families, many whom have been living there for decades. Residents of nearby Bindapur had filed a case before the NGT in February 2017, claiming potters were running industrial units in the area. Harkishan Prajapati, a national award winning craftsman who is representing potters in the area, said they have approached the Supreme Court..