AN SEVERE BOILER BLAST AT ACHARYA GROUP OF CHEMICALS, MIDC DOMBIVALI EAST, THANE

2. ACHARYA
CHEMICAL
BLAST…

3. DATE : THURSDAY,26 MAY 2016
TIME : 11:30 am
LOCATION: MIDC, DOMBIVALI
(E),THANE
COMPANY: ACHARYA CHEMICAL
GROUP

4. BEFORE BLAST….

5. »It Was Around 11:30 am,
When First Blast Took
Place...
»Another Mini Blast at
1:45 pm…

8. RESCUE
OPERATIONS…

11. » LOCAL RESIDENT RUSHED
TO THE SPOT TO HELP THE
VICTIMS…

13. EVEN 15 AMBULANCES WERE
RUSHED TO THE SITE……..

16. »11 People were died and more than
150 were injured.........

17. »EXPLOSION IMPACT SAW DAMAGE TO
MORE THAN 600 HOUSES, OFFICES AND
SHOPS AND NEARLY 1,000 RESIDENT
BECAME HOMELESS….

18. SHATTERING OF WINDOWS....

20. PRASAD HOTEL:- LOSS OF MORE
THAN 5 LAKH RUPEES

21. SANSKRITI GURVA (4-YEAR OLD)

22. RAJEEV TIWARI:-
RESIDENT,PUSHPVILLA

23. UNMED PRASAD(45) :- EMPLOYEE OF
ACHARYA CHEMICAL FACTORY

26. Ashutosh Dhumbre, joint
commissioner of police,
Thane, said, “We have registered a
case against the owners of Probace
Enterprises for causing death due to
negligence and other different sections
of the Indian Penal Code. It has been
registered on a primary basis and we
will further add the names of the
supervisor and others who were
negligent as well.”
Thane, Joint CP
Mr.Ashutosh
Dhumbre

29. PROPARGYL CHLORIDE

31. PUBLIC PROTESTION

32. In 2013, an test was carried out jointly by
MPCB and NGO Vanashakti which was
controlled by CPCB

33. • BOD LEVEL WAS MORE THAN 840mg/L, WHILE THE LIMIT
WAS BETWEEN 100-500mg/L AS LEAD BY CPCB
• COD LEVEL WAS AS HIGH AS 3,000mg/L, WHILE STANDARD
LIMIT IS 250mmg/L
• EFFULENTS FROM DOMIVALI MIDC FLOWS DIRECTLY
INTO ULHAS RIVER, WHICH IN TURN ENTERS INTO
THANE CREEK
•. THE PH OF WATER WAS RAISE TO 10, WHILE STANDARD
ALKALINITY LEVEL SHOULD BE IN BETWEEN 5.5 AND 9

34. GREEN RAIN….

36. IT WAS HAPPENED ON 21 JANUARY 2014.
IT WAS CAUSED DUE TO REACTIONS OF
POLLUTANTS IN AIR WITH RAIN WATER.
THERE ARE 450 FACTORIES IN
DOMBIVALI MIDC PHASE 1 & 2, OUT OF
WHICH 250 ARE CHEMICAL FACTORIES
WHICH DEALS WITH HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES.

37. UNTREATED CHEMICAL EFFULENTS ARE RELEASED IN
THE CANALS, WHICH THEN DIRECTLY GO DEEP INTO
THE SEA.
IN CASE OF DOMBIVALI MIDC, POLLUTED CANALS MEET
THE ULHAS RIVER.
ONCE, THE RIVER ARE POLLUTED,
EFFULENTS CONSEQUENTLY
PERCOLATE INTO THE GROND
WATER AND CONTAMINATE
AQUIFERS.
AS A RESULT, EVEN THE DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY, OR BOREWELLS,
HAVE BECOME GROSSLY POLLUTED,
AUGMENTING THE CHANCE OF
WATER-BORNE DISEASES.

38. THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MACHINARY
HAVE NOT BEEN UPGRADED FROM LAST
10-15 YEARS
HAZARDOUS MACHINARY ARE KEPT
OUTSIDE THE PLANT
THERE IS NOT ANY “BUFFER ZONE”
FACTORIES ARE AT CLOSER APPROXIMATY
TO EACH OTHER

39. REFERNCES:-
www.dnaindia.com
www.mid-day.com
www.catchnews.com
www.hindustantimes.com
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