The chemical hub project at Nayachar in East Midnapore district got the nod at a meeting between the state government(India-West Bengal) and a high-powered committee in the national capital(India/New Delhi) Feb 3.
'If the project comes up at Nayachar, the entire region would get affected by its toxic chemical discharge,' Santanu Chacraverti of the NGO Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA) told IANS.
'Not only would it disturb marine life but these poisonous chemicals would also enter the Sundarban creeks and affect the bio-diversity of the large mangrove swamp.'
'The entire mangrove forest is criss-crossed by water channels and there is a huge possibility that this water will get polluted by the Nayachar project.
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