Up in arms against the ash being emitted by a pharmaceutical unit along the Dera Bassi-Mubarikpur road, scores of residents of Ashiyana colony protested in front of the unit’s gate, here today.

Carrying some ash with them, residents raised slogans against the management of the unit. They complained that the ash and air pollution caused by the unit has been a nightmare for them over the last few decades. They lamented that repeated representations and requests to the management have failed to draw attention to the issue. TNS