The Indian government filed a USD 3 billion (INR 21,526.2 crores) compensation claim from UCC. UCC used its political clout to force the Indian Government to accept a paltry sum of USD 470 million (INR 3,372.4 crores) as final settlement in the matter.

On National Pollution Control Day, we asked experts researching and working in this space to tell us their opinion on where we currently are in our battle against pollution and where we need to go as a people and as a nation.