Ratlam’s toxic legacy
Submitted by rummykhan on Tue, 2011-05-31 11:26
People in the villages around Ratlam are paying a heavy price for living near the industrial town in Madhya Pradesh. Their groundwater has been polluted by over 23,500 tonnes of hazardous waste dumped at two factory premises and other sites in Ratlam. The quantity of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal city—350 tonnes—is only a fraction of Ratlam’s toxic legacy, but it has been written about much more.
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dte
Jun 15, 2011
Publication Date:
15/06/2011