Plastic profits, toxic toll: Panipat’s Rs 659 crore pollution cost – 23 Jul 2025

A probe confirms that over 7,500 people around IOCL’s Panipat refinery suffered health impacts, including respiratory and neurological ailments.

And while compensations worth Rs 659 crore were imposed, only Rs 44 crore has been disbursed

An analysis also found districts with petrochemical refineries reported drastically higher respiratory infections in children under five, with Haryana among the worst-hit.