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Judicial Activism in India in Chemical Industrial Disaster Management

Author(s) Dr. T S SHYAM PRASAD
Country India
Abstract The elements which are at highest risks due to chemical disaster primarily include the industrial plant, its employees & workers, hazardous chemicals vehicles, the residents of nearby settlements, adjacent buildings, occupants and surrounding community. Chemical disaster has very farreaching effects beyond the immediate victims. Since fear is deliberately created and exploited during such attacks, it can undeniably be regarded as a form of psychological warfare affecting and attacking the behaviour of much wider target population. It is often very difficult to differentiate psychological harm caused by chemical terrorism from other illness. Previous events have showed that a large number of patients with psychological distress will impact emergency response and potentially overwhelm the health care system. There need to be strategies that need to be developed which could eliminate fear and will decrease subsequent mass psychological distress that may likely occur during a chemical disaster. Today, the country lacks infrastructure and resources to give effect to the mandate of law. Given this scenario, the government needs to do much more not only for remediation and restoration of already-degraded environment but also by creating infrastructure for waste treatment and disposal and environmentally-sound management of industrial activities. The same undoubtedly requires a massive amount of investment that private sector alone cannot be expected to take up. In this situation, the government must consider separate budgetary allocation for environment restoration and protection, either through existing resources or levying an environmental cess on industry and citizens.
Keywords Key Words: Disaster Management, hazardous, Toxic Gases
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-10-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.58980

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