Environmental protection. Law camed year
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Answer:
The Environment Protection Act of 1986 (EPA) was enacted by the Government of India under Article 253 of the Indian Constitution. The Act came in as a result of the Bhopal gas tragedy as well as India's commitment to follow United Nations Conference on the Human Environment that took place at Stockholm in June, 1972
Explanation:
On a cold wintery midnight in December 1984 when the city of Bhopal was sound asleep and the workers at Union Carbide India Ltd. pesticide plant were completing their routinely task, no one was aware about the tragedy that was about to strike the city. Suddenly, the families and workers living in the vicinity woke up to sound of emergency alarm bell and repugnant smell that filled the air making it difficult for the local population to breath. By the morning, more than thousand people had already died due to the gas leak that took place inside UCIL plant and spread in the atmosphere. The Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas in the atmosphere exposed people to severe irritation in the eyes, coughing, blepharospasm, burning sensation within the respiratory tracts. Till now, families are suffering because of the horrors committed by UCIL with more than 500,000 people affected, while owners fled the scene due to weak environmental and civil laws.