Ports to be equipped with radiation leak scanners: govt to HC
PTI | 08:08 PM,Aug 10,2011New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) The Centre today told the Delhi High Court that it has decided to equip all sea ports across the country with radioactive radiation leak scanners by next year to ensure that no radioactive scrap is shipped into the country.The union government gave this assurance to the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Snajiv Khanna of its intention to install radiological detection equipment at all ports across the country in response to a plea.The assurance was given by the Shipping Ministry counsel Jhum Jhum Sarkar that the government would install the scanners by 2012-end.Following the submission by Sarkar, the bench disposed of the PIL and said "health hazards cannot be tolerated in a civilised society. People are well informed that the radio active substances not only cause damage to the environment but also to human beings." The PIL was filed by advocate Pritika Kumar who had also sought a direction to the city government to seal the Mayapuri market where exposure to radioactive material Cobalt-60 in April last year had claimed one life while 11 others were taken ill. Kumar had sought sealing of the Mayapuri market until the area is completely decontaminated.
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