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Still the danger of radioactive scrap metal in Delhi

flag-indiaDelhi still not radiation ready Darpan Singh, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, May 08, 2013 Three years after a man was killed in India’s first case of radiation exposure at the Mayapuri scrap market in West Delhi, there is still a big question mark on the preparedness to prevent such disasters. 

 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will on Wednesday hear a petition, which has claimed the mechanism to detect radiation is withering away. There is no screening of scrap before it finds its way to the market. The National Disaster Management Authority is still in the process of procuring devices, to be given to the police, to detect radiation.

 There are hundreds of shops and big scrap units running on 700-odd plots in Delhi’s biggest junkyard. But only two have been authorised to run by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee……..http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Delhi-still-not-radiation-ready/Article1-1056508.aspx

May 9, 2013 - Posted by | India, radiation, safety

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