Summary:
"The inclement conditions have hit the production of NCR industries and many of the manufacturing plants have closed down. The Punjab industries, which supply products to their parent units in NCR, are now reeling under huge losses. Ever since smog engulfed NCR, the industries in Punjab have suffered a loss of Rs 500 crore," said CICU president Upkar Singh Ahuja. The government must step up efforts to save the trade," he added.Ahuja and other industry representatives want government to take necessary measures to control pollution caused by burning of crop residue. "The pollution control department there has closed the units manufacturing cars, two-wheelers and other heavy industrial products..