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Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Type. Gas leak. Deaths. 11. Non-fatal injuries. 9. On 30 April 2023, eleven people were killed and nine others were hospitalised when a gas leak [clarification needed] occurred in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The incident left several others unconscious in their homes. [1][2]
The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. In what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster, [3] over 500,000 people in the small towns around the plant were exposed to the highly ...
In 2009, 30 people fell ill after a gas leak from a chemical plant of Aegis Logistics Ltd. However, the company denied any leaks claiming this was a false complaint created by the villagers. [14] In 2013, there was a leak from a crude oil pipeline. This leak started in third week of October, 2013 and went unnoticed until the first week of November.
Rajiv Dixit[a] (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) [3] was an Indian social activist who founded the Azadi Bachao Andolan. He was also noted for spreading false claims. [4][5] His organisation promoted a message of swadeshi -economics that opposed globalisation and neo-liberalism. In alliance with Ramdev, he formed the Bharat Swabhiman ...
P.N. Bhagwati. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India originated in the aftermath of oleum gas leak from Shriram Food and Fertilisers Ltd. complex at Delhi. This gas leak occurred soon after the infamous Bhopal gas leak and created a lot of panic in Delhi. One person died in the incident and a few were hospitalized. The case lays down the principle of ...
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public sector undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai. [4] BPCL is India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, whose operations are overseen by the ...
To regulate the pollution emitted by cars and two-wheelers, the Government of India has placed forth regulations known as Bharat Stage Emission Standards (BSES). The Central Government has mandated that every vehicle manufacturer, both two-wheels and four-wheels, ought to manufacture, sell and register solely BS6 (BSVI) vehicles from 1 April 2020.
Incident and rescue. Around 4:25 am IST on 6 January 2022, the gas leaked from a tanker parked in Sachin GIDC, an industrial area. It was reported that the driver of the tanker was illegally dumping the chemical waste in the drain which resulted in the gas leak. The driver fled. The labourers sleeping in nearby textile mill and outside were ...