SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEFAULT: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VIZAG GAS LEAK AND IT’S CRUCIAL IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
AUTHOR – SULEKHA WATHARKAR, MIT –WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
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ABSTRACT
Negligence and violations of fundamentals rights have taken many lives, which is morethan any pandemic country has faced.
The lesson we have learned from the Bhopal gas tragedy has become a robust now and the gross negligence from the part of environmental and administrative authorities has seen more common. After the Bhopal disaster in 1984, the Supreme Court has made clear balance between the strict and absolute liability. Despite this, another catastrophic has occurred on 7th May, 2020 in Vishakhapatnam due to Styrene gas leak causing death of 13 people and 1000 people were hospitalised.
When the industries rushing to meet their targeted profit, they are silent on the safety, and security of their employers and the health of people residing near the industries. As for any developing nation, development process is necessary but not at the cost of exploitation of environment, therefore, India needs a full check on the clearances of hazardous industries and whether they obtained the environmental impact assessment as per the protocol of the Centre and State or else their activities must be restrained. Apart from this, a scrutiny and evaluation on type and amount of chemicals to be stored can be helpful for avoiding such hazards. Also the implementation of protocols of Health Safety Environment and Quality Assurance should strictly maintain.
This article seeks to evaluate the entire incident from the legal perspective and present a comprehensive study of how the country failed in ensuring environmental protections through clearances to these industries, what shall be the legal steps ahead and the compensation which shall finally be the only way to fathom the misery of the victims.
Key words: Styrene, Industries, hazardous, Visakhapatnam, Pandemic, Negligence