The draft EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) of 2020 being pushed through by the central government seeks to undermine checks and balances on pollution of air, water, and soil and depletion of forests that impose heavy costs on the economy by spreading illness, deaths and loss of livelihoods of millions of people

As for the LG Polymers plant, the land belongs to the company but it cannot be used for the current operations, which will have to be shifted to a new location and the company could use the land for any other activity

Supreme Court judgements have allowed violations of environment laws being condoned through \"ex post facto\" green clearances, thereby presenting people with a \"fait accompli\"

At the time of the incident, around 30 people were reportedly working at the pharma company. After the leak, six workers collapsed, resulting in the death of two of them

The committee, headed by Special Chief Secretary Neerab Kumar Prasad, will look into what caused the gas leak and the recovery steps taken in response to the incident

The report filed by NGT Committee said that clear \"cut negligence\" and \"gross human failure\" by LG Polymers was responsible for the Vishakhapatnam Styrene gas leak on May 7

Rohatgi said that earlier the firm had come against an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which had taken note of the gas leak on its own (suo motu)and had ordered payment of interim compensation of Rs 50 crore

Vizag gas leak: The team said that the cooling process was not maintained during the coronavirus lockdown that led to generation of enormous heat

The incident is one of the deadliest industrial accidents since the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. As many as 11 people died and around 1,000 were affected by styrene gas leak at the plant on Thursday early morning

Govt has confirmed incident happened due to styrene gas leakage from polymers factory in RR Venkatapuram village of Gopalapatnam Mandal in Visakhapatnam; gas leak also affected surrounding villages Narava, BC Colony, Bapuji Nagar, Kampalapalem and Krishna Nagar

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In the next two revisions, which will fall in April and October, natural gas prices are expected to be reduced by 45 per cent to 10-year low

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