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Law and Social Justice
What was the government doing when there were such blatant violations of safety standards in the UC plant?
First, the safety laws were lax in India. Second, even these weak safety laws were not enforced.
Government officials refused to recognise the plant as hazardous and allowed it to come up in a populated locality. When some municipal officials in Bhopal objected that the installation of an MIC production unit in 1978 was a safety violation, the position of the government was that the state needs the continued investment of the Bhopal plant, which provides jobs.
It was unthinkable, according to them, to ask UC to shift to cleaner technology or safer procedures. Government inspectors continued to approve the procedures in the plant, even when repeated incidents of leaks from the plant made it obvious to everybody that things were seriously wrong.
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How can laws ensure that markets work in a manner that is fair? Give two examples to support your answer.
Imagine yourself to be a worker working in a chemical factory, which has received orders from the government to move to a different site 100 kms away from the present location. Write about how your life would change? Read out your responses in the classroom.
Write a paragraph on the various roles of the government that you have read about in this unit.
What are the sources of environmental pollution in your area? Discuss with respect to (a) air; (b) water and (c) soil. What are the steps being taken to reduce the pollution? Can you suggest some other measures?
How was environment treated earlier? What has been the change in perception? Discuss.
The government amended the Child Labour Prevention Act?
The Bhopal gas tragedy took place
The poisonous gas that leaked from the UC plant was
Union Carbide was a/an
Which one of the following is a hazardous industry?
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