Additionally, in light of news reports suggesting that hydrogen sulphide leakage led to the incident, the Tribunal set up an eight member fact-finding joint Committee to be headed by Chairman, Punjab State Pollution Control Board (PCB).
Other members of the Committee will be Regional Director (North), Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Lucknow, nominee of Director, PGI Chandigarh, nominee of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State PCB, District Magistrate, Ludhiana and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana.
It directed the Committee to submit its report to the Tribunal by June 30, 2023.
Source: Barandbench
