National Pollution Control Day 2022:All you need to know
By Gaurav Kumar02, Dec 2022 02:10 PMjagranjosh.com
National Pollution Control Day is observed on 2 December to spread awareness about the problem caused by increasing pollution.
National Pollution Control Day is observed in memory of those who lost their lives in the Bhopal Gas tragedy on 2nd December 1984.
More than 500,000 people were exposed to methyl Isocyanate (MIC) poisonous gas. in Bhopal.
There are several factors that are responsible for causing pollution like the bursting of crackers, vehicles running on the roads, bomb blasts, leakage of gases via industries, etc.
The Indian government has launched various acts and rules for controlling and preventing pollution in India, such as Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act of 1981.
Pollution is a major problem that India is not only facing, but the whole world is battling with it. Therefore, it is necessary to control pollution and make the environment clean and live disease-free.
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