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He felt that the port instead of thinking of shifting people out of their homes should consider moving its dirty cargoes. Mr.
Ramakrishna said handling of coal and iron ore was resulting in respiratory, kidney and skin diseases among people living in the Old Town areas. more-inThe dirty cargoes, rejected by Chennai Port and other ports in the country, are being imported by Visakhapatnam Port and this was contributing to pollution in the Old Town areas, former Minister Konathala Ramakrishna said here on Monday. The environmentalists asked the affected residents to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the District Court and the Green Tribunal. He felt that development of satellite ports either at Nakkapalli or Bhavanapadu and diverting some of the cargoes out of the city could provide a solution to the problem..