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46. Ultimately they have said that the demolition or shifting of the ammonia tank would result in immediate stoppage of plants at the FACT thereby thowing large number of employees out of employment. A number of employees and their families will be adversely affected as their only source of income is the wages earned from FACT. They wanted the petition to be dismissed.

47. Now, we have outlined the case of the petitioner and the defence of the first respondent and the different attitude and exposures taken in this case by the other respondents. The question posed before us is of stupendous consequence. We are fully informed of the fact if we order decommissioning of the plant, it will have multi faceted repercussions and it may cause a seminal impact in the industrial and agricultural sectors of this State and perhaps to some extent the country as a whole, particularly in the agricultural sector. We are clearly informed of the fact that we will never be justified if we slur over the question or postpone the issue or refrain to take action only on the above said considerations; since what is notched against these considerations is an avoidance of a potential morbid genocide. We are certainly informed of the truth that when science and technology are put to the maximum use in producing goods and services calculated to advance the quality of life, there inheres a potent element of hazard or risk inherent in the very use of science and technology and it may not be possible to eliminate such hazard or risk in its entirety. It may be out of time fatuous, asinine and thoughtlessness to adopt a policy of not having any chemical or other hazardous industries merely because they pose a hazard or risk to the community. Such industries in the modern set up may be necessary for the industrial, agricultural and economic growth of the country and the resultant well-being of the people. But we must strain every nerve to minimise the hazard or risk to the community, by taking all necessary steps for locating such industries in a manner which would pose least risk or danger to the community. If the court is convinced that it is possible to minimise the hazard or risk to the community in not allowing an industry to be run in a location inherent with potential additional danger and risk to the community certainly the court is bound to act and should give necessary directions.