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�? All rights reserved |, Sociology Mains Test Series 2020 - Join Now, Prelims Test Series 2021 (Online) - Join Now. Reddy, Vizag Collector Vinay Chand, city Commissioner Rajeev Kumar Meena and Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation officials declined to comment when Mongabay-India sought their response on the issue. We believe information is a powerful driver for the new tomorrow. Some experts claimed that the gas leak is a clear case of human negligence. Recently, a gas leak has affected five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The company had not sensitised its employees regarding the risks involved while dealing with these chemical compounds, the report added. As soon as he ascertained that the wind direction is from the plant and suspected gas leak could be from the LG Polymers plant, he appealed to people in his area to rush towards the northeast to a plain ground to avert any damage. “There are several laws in hand to ensure compliance with safety standards but many industries don’t comply due to lack of physical verification. © 2020 Yo Vizag - Brewed with ♥ by ideafirst. However, the city as well as Andhra Pradesh as a whole, has been a witness to several mishaps. (�� The detailed to-the-point suggestions and recommendations addressed concerns related to existing regulatory gaps in the monitoring and compliance of the environmental acts and regulations. It happened after the plant was about to start operations after being closed for 43 days post the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (�� (�� The CSIR-NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), Nagpur which conducted its preliminary assessment of the plant and nearby villages, has said that it will continue long term study of the area for assessing the effect of the gas on the environment. Each was found to have certain short- and long-term impacts. A crucial part of the report is a chapter that listed and discussed a massive regulatory gap in the monitoring and compliance of safety laws and parameters in factories. $4�%�&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz�������������������������������������������������������������������������� ? (�� Andhra Pradesh Industries minister M.G. (�� The HPC claimed that it has mentioned at 36 places about how the alarm system did not function and the siren did not go off, stressing on the lapse of preventive mechanism. © 2020 DSA Media Publications - Brewed with ♥ by ideafirst. %PDF-1.5
These lapses can be grouped either under the internal working of the industry staff or failure of regulatory agencies to ensure compliance of industrial operations, safety and environmental norms. (�� (�� But this is not the complete picture. One of the most significant developments pointed out was the penal action taken, not just on the organisation and agencies, but on individuals considered to be responsible directly or indirectly. The Andhra Pradesh Police has already registered a case against LG Polymers charging them under several sections of the Indian Penal Code for their negligence, causing hurt and endangering the life of others and for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. ����DI���J�؇R*JYb�(�XQE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QE QEg�^��|��v2�V4��!5��0s��[+t����ӡ;fS�Y^��,D�USgCL�O*2���)� (�� The committee also highlighted the duties that agencies and organisations have during such a state of emergency. With a distinction of being the oldest lifestyle magazine in Andhra Pradesh, Yo! “Due to favourable wind direction and early evacuation many were able to save their lives,” Tomer said. Styrene is an organic compound that is found in liquid form but vapourises at high temperatures. The drinking water supply was also disrupted because of the possibility of contamination. The report — submitted July 6 — revealed several safety lapses and gross negligence in the handling of the gas leak and included immediate action taken by government agencies and departments and the committee’s suggestions and recommendations. The sections in this chapter detail aspects related to factory safety regulatory gaps and distinctive features of safety laws. (�� (�� Factory safety regulations, other safety laws, environmental regulations, etc, are of huge significance. “We need to have a decommissioning provision where operations of age-old plants could be stopped after a certain period as the long period working can make it vulnerable to accidents. (�� (�� The committee found that when the third stage mother liquor was being transferred to the AOD pump, the hose pipe was inserted into the reactor without the proper nipple arrangement. (�� Pratap Singh Tomer is a retired serviceman living in the Ravi Nagar locality of Visakhapatnam, a port city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Banner image: The LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam where the gas leak took place. (�� The Major Accident is defined as an incident involving loss of life inside or outside the site or ten or more injuries. (�� (�� (�� (�� (�� Mastering Mains Answer Writing - GS Paper 3 (Ep - 03) – Watch On YouTube, Today's GK - November 23, 2020 | Drishti IAS English – Watch On YouTube, Pakistan Forced to Act against Terror Financing l Analysis - Nov 23, 2020 – Watch On YouTube, The impacts of lockdown on hunger - In News – Watch On YouTube, 4th Global Conference on Criminal Finances & Cryptocurrencies : Simplified – Watch On YouTube, MindMaps for UPSC - Land Reforms in Post Independence India (History) – Watch On YouTube, Today's GK - November 21, 2020 | Drishti IAS English – Watch On YouTube, Drishti The Vision(A Unit of VDK Eduventures Pvt. Styrene usually becomes inert after long exposure to air. (�� “Hazardous industries are vulnerable to mishaps and thus they need to follow standard safety procedures and do safety audits whenever they resume operations after a gap,” Sankar Prasad Pani, a lawyer with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), told Mongabay-India. The gas leak resulted in several impacts on the health of the people who lived in five villages located near the chemical plant managed by the LG Polymers Pvt Ltd. The latest proposed overhaul of the draft EIA notification 2020 which would replace EIA 2006 notification has been under fire for proposing a mechanism to legitimise projects starting construction without a valid clearance. The decision of the meeting of the expert panel is not public as yet. (�� The report also mentioned that the pharma company in Vizag failed to meet the standard recommendations in regards to storing and transferring of mother liquor. (�� Plants dried up wherever the relatively heavy mixture of monomer and polymer styrene was flooded, the team noted. All expenses related to the Vizag gas leak will be borne by the Andhra Pradesh government, 15,000 people in and around the plant will be given Rs 10,000 financial help, said chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy. We need to learn a lot of things from such tragedies,” said Professor V. Ramana Dhara of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad. She explained to Mongabay-India that there needs to be mandatory space for “decommissioning” and “strict no to chemical industries in rural areas” in Indian environmental norms as a preventive measure to avoid such accidents or to reduce the impact of such cases. (�� DETAILS Styrene gas from the LG Polymer plant has leaked and spread over a radius of about three kilometres (covering around 5 villages) near Visakhapatnam At least 800 people were reportedly admitted to hospital. Earlier on Monday afternoon, the High Power Committee (HPC) which was probing into the disastrous gas leak of LG Polymers Private Limited in Vizag, too handed over its report. �� � w !1AQaq"2�B���� #3R�br� It only had consent for establishment and consent for operation from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB). (�� (�� In wake of the gas leak incident at LG Polymers Plant, AP Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that this report will serve as guidelines on how to avert such mishaps. A gas leak, reminiscent of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, has claimed at least 11 lives and affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Though Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister Y.S. This will mean a lot for our ability to bring you news, perspectives and analysis from the ground so that we can make change together. Panel chief Bala Prasad says its recommendations will be used for future rehabilitation, restoration programmes. (�� Poor working conditions and compliance of Indian industries, especially chemical industries, were also highlighted by the report, including several lapses at the LG Polymers plant. stream
!(!0*21/*.-4;K@48G9-.BYBGNPTUT3? According to reports, at least 12 people, including two minors, living near the plant lost their lives while they were sleeping.