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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL BHOPAL (CENTRAL ZONE BENCH)
Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, Afroz Ahmad, Expert Member
NEWS REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA DATED 31.08.2023 TITLED 5 DIE IN TOXIC GAS LEAK AT MP FACTORY – Appellant
Versus
STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. suo moto cognizance of worker deaths from toxic gases (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. joint committee reports factory lapses and gas accumulation (Para 3) |
| 3. applicability of msihc and caeppr rules to food industries (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. crisis group functions for chemical accident management (Para 10 , 11) |
| 5. industry defenses on safety equipment and worker fault (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 6. mandate mechanized cleaning and ventilation upgrades (Para 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 7. application disposed with compliance directions (Para 22) |
ORDER
1. Issue raised in this application is death of five workers in a food industry in Morena, Madhya Pradesh on account of the impact of poisonous gases when these workers had entered the tank in a factory manufacturing synthetic cherries for paan and the food industry.
2. In light of the 2021 SCC Online SC-897, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Ankita Sinha and Ors. the Tribunal took the cognizance on 01.09.2023 and constituted a Committee with the District Magistrate and Director of Industry, Safety and Health to inquire the matter and submit a factual and action taken report.
3. The District Magistrate, Morena, Madhya Pradesh v
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