New Delhi: The radioactive waste, identified as cobalt-60, found in the Mayapuri scrap market last week could have come from more than one source, claims the report submitted by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board to Delhi Police.
After the recent failure of the authorities, including the police, to detect entry of the harmful Cobalt 60 into the national Capital which resulted in injury to seven people, the Delhi police has finally decided to procure sophisticated radiation detection devices to track radioactive materials and avoid such a tragedy in future.
Was Carrying Cobalt-60 Pin Given To Him By First Victim
New Delhi: Eight days after six people landed in hospital with severe health complications following exposure to radioactive radiation in Mayapuri junk market, another scrap dealer has been admitted at Max Hospital in Pitampura with similar symptoms.
With another victim from Mayapuri being hospitalised with Cobalt-60 exposure, the government has asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to carry out a detailed mapping of all scrap markets in Delhi.
The Delhi gov ernment on Friday directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a report on the scrap dealers dealing with hazardous material and the sources from where they get the scrap within two weeks.
After having been caught unprepared during the radioactive Cobalt-60 exposure incident in the city that has affected eight people till now, the Delhi police has now decided to procure sophisticated devices to monitor radiation.
After the recent radiation leak at the Mayapuri scrap market, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has written to the Delhi government asking it to install radiation detection equipment at all seven borders of the Capital.
The letter to the government got the nod of the Corporation members during the Standing committee meeting on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: The waste imported to the Capital will have to go through a tighter sieve now with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) having decided to seek the Customs Department's intervention to ensure that radioactive waste does not find its way into the public domain again endangering the lives of people.
