Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding chemical accident at Bharat Rasayan Limited, Amod Road, district Bharuch, Gujarat, 18/07/2022
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Aditya Roop Singh Chauhan Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 18/07/2022.
The application is moved under Sections 14, 15, 17 and 20 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 wherein matter relates to an chemical accident which took place in factory-M/s Bharat Rasayan Limited (Unit-II) at plot no.42/4, Amod Road, District Bharuch, Gujarat on 17.05.2022 at 3:10 AM, in which 02 out of 36 workers got injured in fire with blast at Dahej’s Bharat Chemical Company. Subsequently, they died. Besides that 27 injured are under treatment, some of them are in ICU and some are in critical condition. This blast is said to have occurred due to storage tanks, which released harmful chemicals in the air.
The NGT said that a substantial question of environment appears to be made out in the present matter and admitted the application. The respondents were directed to submit their reply affidavits within four weeks time and the matter was next listed for hearing before the NGT on August 18, 2022.