A number of brick-kiln owners in the district and nearby areas of the region are using dry fodder, old tyres, rubber tubes, battery bodies and other such waste material to bake bricks. Due to the increased cost of coal and other fuel, the kiln owners are using these materials as these are cheap and easily available. The practice of burning dry fodder (toori) has created an acute shortage of this widely used cattle fodder. Most of the cattle houses use "toori" as fodder. However, as the supply of dry fodder has now been diverted towards brick-kilns, its cost has increased and availability decreased. On the other hand, the burning of rubber and plastic wastes is increasing air pollution by releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere.