LG Polymers evaded environmental clearance for years before Visakhapatnam tragedy 14 January 2021
Smoke rises from an LG Polymers plant following a gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam on 7 May 2020. Documents from the union environment ministry and state environment department show that LG Polymers consistently evaded getting an environmental clearance for the factory by filing contradictory information about itself and taking months to file simple paperwork. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke rises from an LG Polymers plant following a gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam on 7 May 2020. Documents from the union environment ministry and state environment department show that LG Polymers consistently evaded getting an environmental clearance for the factory by filing contradictory information about itself and taking months to file simple paperwork.