Was Carrying Cobalt-60 Pin Given To Him By First Victim

New Delhi: Eight days after six people landed in hospital with severe health complications following exposure to radioactive radiation in Mayapuri junk market, another scrap dealer has been admitted at Max Hospital in Pitampura with similar symptoms.

With another victim from Mayapuri being hospitalised with Cobalt-60 exposure, the government has asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to carry out a detailed mapping of all scrap markets in Delhi.

The Delhi gov ernment on Friday directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a report on the scrap dealers dealing with hazardous material and the sources from where they get the scrap within two weeks.

After having been caught unprepared during the radioactive Cobalt-60 exposure incident in the city that has affected eight people till now, the Delhi police has now decided to procure sophisticated devices to monitor radiation.

Ajay Jain got exposed to radiation after he unwittingly kept a Cobalt-60 pin in a purse in the back pocket of his pant

After the recent radiation leak at the Mayapuri scrap market, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has written to the Delhi government asking it to install radiation detection equipment at all seven borders of the Capital.

The letter to the government got the nod of the Corporation members during the Standing committee meeting on Thursday.

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

NEW DELHI: The waste imported to the Capital will have to go through a tighter sieve now with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) having decided to seek the Customs Department's intervention to ensure that radioactive waste does not find its way into the public domain again endangering the lives of people.

But Says All Preventive Steps Have Been Taken And Radiation Levels Are Receding

PREETI KARMYOGI
NEW DELHI

A team of experts scanned over 800 shops in Mayapuri scrap market in West Delhi where 10 sources of Cobalt-60 have been recovered in the recent past, leaving seven exposed to radiation.

The standing committee of the MCD on Thursday passed a resolution suggesting installation of radiation detecting devices on all the border points to prevent radioactive substances from entering the city.

The resolution was moved by BJP councillor Meera