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FIRE AFTERMATH
GPCB imposes environment damage compensation

cost of Rs. 35-lakhs on Neogen

The Gujarat Pollution Control
Board (GPCB) has imposed an Environ-
ment Damage Compensation (EDC)
cost of Rs. 34.60 Neogen Chemicals,
as per a stock market fi ling by the
company.

This follows the fi re incident at the
company’s facility located in Dahej
SEZ, Gujarat, on 5 March 2025. No
casualties were reported in the incident.
The company had earlier informed
that the fi re was contained to the exis- directed the company to submit a bank at the fi re-hit assets have been suspended
ting operations at its Multi-Purpose guarantee of Rs. 7.5-lakhs for compli- temporarily. “It is tentatively estimated
Plant (MPP3) facility, tank farms and ance assurance at the time of revo- that the reconstruction of the impacted
warehouse. cation. facilities may take around 9-12 months
to reinstate the plant and restart opera-
The Department of Industrial Safety “The direction issued by the GPCB tions, for which planning and construc-
and Health (DISH) had issued a stay does not mention any violation/con- tion work has already been initiated. In
order on operations at the affected units. travention committed or alleged to be the interim, the company has shifted
committed. The direction is issued by production of critical select specialty
In an order dated April 22, the GPCB in respect of fi re accident which products to other sites based on approval
GPCB has directed “non-utilisation impacted environment quality of the from customers. This, combined with
of the facilities affected in fi re before surrounding,” the company clarifi ed in the planned expansion in Patancheru
obtaining revocation/written approval the fi ling. plant, will help minimise the impact on
from DISH”. Besides the Rs. 34.60- earnings going ahead to minimize busi-
lakh compensation, the GPCB has “The company said the operations ness disruption,” Neogen informed.

CLEAN MOBILITY
Hyundai, IOC to explore viability of mass-use

of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Hyundai Motor India Ltd. said it fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
has partnered with Indian Oil Corpo- IOC for conducting real-world tests assessment, including periodic main-
ration (IOC) to explore viability on Indian roads, Hyundai Motor India tenance, will also be conducted to pro-
for mass-use of hydrogen fuel cell Ltd. (HMIL) said in a statement. vide critical insights into the long-term
vehicles in India. economic and environmental benefi ts
During the two-year trial period, of adopting hydrogen-powered vehicles
The company has signed a Memo- HMIL and IOC will evaluate longe- for the Indian market, the company said.
randum of Understanding (MoU) vity and operational reliability over
with IOC, under which it has handed an estimated distance of 40,000-kms, HMIL’s Managing Director Mr.
over one Hyundai Nexo hydrogen it added. Unsoo Kim said through the IOC partner-

134 Chemical Weekly May 6, 2025

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