China to ban paper mills, oil refineries etc

Beijing: China has decided to ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other industrial plants by the end of 2016. The decision is part of their moves to tackle severe pollution that affects the water supply in the country. The long-awaited plan comes as per the central government program "war on pollution" as an aftereffect of the strong protest from the public. There have been growing protests over the environmental degradation in the country. This is the re...