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On May 7 2020, Visakhapatnam city has woke up to a worst nightmare of people lying unconsciously on roads and cattle lying dead due to a gas leak from a polymers manufacturing company located at a village named R.R Venkatapuram on the outskirts of the city. The Industry is owned by South Korean major LG group,holding the name LG polymers India private limited. The gas leak mishap sent ripples across the country with disturbing images and videos circulated across the social media. Many people felt it was reminiscent of Bhopal gas tragedy that shook the nation three decades ago. The gas that was purportedly leaked was reported to be a hazardous gas called Styrene. The gas leak mishap reportedly killed 12 people and hospitalised thousands of people. Within a few hours, NDRF and a central team of experts took control of the situation and managed to bring the gas leak undercontrol. A high level committee was appointed by the state government to investigate on how exactly the gas leak has ha...

Recently, we have been witnessing a huge campaign going viral in social media to protect Mada forests from destruction in the state of Andhrapradesh. This social media campaign gained traction when a petition was filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by some environmental activists and the NGT immediately ordering for  a committee to enquire into the whole issue. People on social media have been posting various photographs on how these mangrove swamps have been levelled by the government with mud near Kakinada of East Godavari district. They also started a petition in change.org and gathered the support of many people to sign the petition. This campaign also added some political colour when the opposition parties in the state started to add voice to it. Putting facts together on threats to Mada forests Mada forests are dense mangrove forests located on the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. The state has total of 404 sq.km mangrove cover spread across various c...