Abandoned by the government, adopted by nature. How else could one describe the Cement Corporation of India (CCI)’s ‘sick’ Adilabad unit? Here’s a 772-acre ‘site’ as we call it, put up for e-tender by the Government of India for valuation of assets and dismantling of quarters and plant structure, but to the flora and fauna around, it is simply good earth.
The CCI stopped production in 1998. Several snakes, including pythons, have slithered inside and made it their home, while leopards roam around, occasionally. Wild boars and a large species of birds are a common sight. An ecosystem has come about without the expectation, input or effort of man.
People living nearby or those who still live in the dilapidated quarters, in fact, are afraid of venturing out onto these roads once the sun sets; who knows which animal or reptile one might encounter?
