RAILWAYS TURNS OVER A NEW ROOF ………MANOJ R NAIR
Indian Railways plans to stop using asbestos a suspected carcinogenic banned in nearly 50 countries on station roofs and partitions. It is shifting to metal, which weighs less, is low maintenance and aesthetic.
After tobacco, asbestos is the most studied cause of lung cancer. Research has shown that exposure to asbestos fibres leads to a six-fold increase in carcinoma, or malignant cancer.