India's petrochemical industry, projected to reach USD 300 billion by 2025, faces scrutiny due to health and environmental concerns. As production expands, pollution from petrochemical complexes threatens nearby communities with severe health risks

Web story: Recently announced ethane cracker factory in Ashta Tehsil of Sehore district, MP, has become a point of great friction between govt and farmers in area

“We are farmers and are not uneducated. We know that this factory will spew poisonous smoke, our fields will become barren, and the water will not be fit for drinking.” Says Subhadra a farmer protesting against the ethane cracker plant.

First discovered on July 23 at Aksa Beach, Mumbai by a lifeguard who mistook it for jellyfish. Experts later confirmed it to be nurdles.