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Chembur blast: The human dumping ground that sits on a time bomb
Updated On: 11 August, 2018 06:30 PM IST | Mumbai | Laxman Singh
Wednesday's blast and fire at the BPCL refinery has brought back to the fore concerns surrounding the residential colony there and the dangerous conditions locals are living in
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The blast and fire in the BPCL refinery injured 43 people, two of whom are critical. Pic/Sneha Kharabe
The blast and fire in a hydrocarbon tank at the BPCL refinery in Mahul on Wednesday has once again raised serious questions about the safety of the rehabilitation colony — a cluster of over 70 buildings — located very close to sensitive installations in that location.
Residents have alleged that not only do they have to battle pollution daily, but they are also always on tenterhooks, afraid that some or the other disaster is on the brink. Drawing a parallel between living there and sitting on a time bomb, most of them are vehement about shifting elsewhere. According to the Mahul Prakalpgrast Samiti, a group of citizens fighting for the shifting of residents from what it calls a "human dumping ground", there are 11,000 houses in the locality of which 5,700 are occupied with 30,000 people.
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