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This is an archive article published on September 5, 2007

Chemical hub: RSP says Govt must consider ‘hazards’

A day after, the Opposition Congress agreed “in principle” to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Government’s plan to make Nayachar an alternative site to Nandigram...

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A day after, the Opposition Congress agreed “in principle” to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Government’s plan to make Nayachar an alternative site to Nandigram for setting up the chemical hub, Left Front partner Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) struck a discordant note.

The Central Committee of the party, which met in New Delhi on Tuesday, raised concerns regarding the setting up of chemical hubs.

A statement from the party said: “The Central Committee has also noted attempts made by some state Governments to construct chemical hubs, facilitating huge investments by multinational companies or monopoly industrial houses of the country.”

The party said it will be “altogether imprudent to embark on such a venture without taking into account the ominous hazards which may be faced by the workers in such industrial units.” The party also urged that “governments” should not move in that direction “without having strong regulatory mechanism in place”.

 

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