Bhuleshwar residents fighting against illegal goldsmith units have got support from unexpected quarters — the Imitation Jewellery Dealers and Manufacturing Association (IJDMA). With no concrete action from the civic body against the illegal units spewing toxic fumes, the Association has decided not to extend any rent agreements of goldsmith unit workers, most of them migrants from West Bengal.

Association lends a hand
IJDMA president Atul Daneshah said, "Around 1,500 traders are attached to our association; they own 64 of these buildings, where at least 110 rooms have been given on rent to workers of goldsmith units. We had taken a meeting of our association and told all to take a stand against the illegal work, convincing them to not think about the rent but of residents' health.