Acknowledgements
In the course of this study we have received help and support from various
individuals and organisations. We would like to place on record our indebtedness to
Shri J. Kumar, Joint Director, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Shri Sukhdev
Prasad, General Manager, Bokaro Steel Plant (BSP); Shri B. C. Roy, Assistant General
Manager, BSP; and Dr. Meenakshi Kakkar, Senior Manager, SAIL for providing the
information used in this study. Meetings with Mrs. Meera Mehrishi, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Environment and Forests, were fruitful.
We are grateful to Dr. Katrin Millock, Prof. Thomas Sterner and Prof. Jeff
Vincent for very useful discussions; and Shri A.K. Chaturvedi, Consultant to the study,
for helping us with dispersion modelling as also understanding the complex process of
production and pollution abatement at the BSP. We would like to thank Somsankar
Ghosh for research assistance in the initial stages of the study. Rajinder Negi provided
excellent secretarial assistance.
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