New book highlights pollution by pharma cos

Hyderabad: A Telugu book titled 1056/90, authored by Samayamanthri Chandra Shekhar Sharma on a writ petition in the Supreme Court, recently released by Dr. K Srinivasa, Editor of Andhra Jyothi, along with noted civil rights activist Prof. G Haragopal, environmentalists, and other prominent activists. The book provides a detailed account of how pharmaceutical companies in Patancheru are causing environmental destruction and the various movements and agitations led by people’s groups in response.