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== Environmental Impact ==
While Bhilai Steel Plant fulfills an essential infrastructure role for the nation, it is largely powered by coal, a highly polluting and fossil fuel. It is an acknowledged fact that the Steel Industry worldwide is a major polluter with the biggest carbon footprint. BSP with its aging plant built using 1950s Soviet knowhow, lags comparable Indian steel producers with more modern plants in climate impact areas. The long-term health impacts on BSP employees or citizens have been examined in a few isolated research studies. Emissions, and waste from BSP plant has had an adverse environmental impact , based on anecdotal and limited independent studies available. Mining activities from BSP's multiple captive, especially [[ Dalli Rajhara ]] mines have affected water supply and quality for surrounding villages. The method of open pit mining has resulted in deforestation and depletion of water table for villages near the [[ Dalli Rajhara ]] mines, without any post-damage mitigation for the affected communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/raoghat-mines-in-bastar-iron-in-their-souls/story-wh0f6njppQ5tR0lsHAHflM.html|title=Raoghat
Additional data and reporting on the environmental and health impacts are required, for Bhilai, given its scale and size.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312472296_Air_and_Leaching_Pollution_Scenario_by_Iron_and_Steel_Plants_in_central_India|title=(PDF) Air and Leaching Pollution Scenario by Iron and Steel Plants, in central India}}</ref> <ref>https://www.technicaljournalsonline.com/ijaers/VOL%20I/IJAERS%20VOL%20I%20ISSUE%20II%20JANUARY%20MARCH%202012/IJAERS%2097.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=May 2023}}</ref>
The CAG Report (2018) also cited this plant for higher than average CO2 emission, and reduced energy efficiency. Per the sustainability report published by SAIL, these are some initiatives being driven at BSP, to modernize in an energy efficient way, the aging plant technology -
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On 9 October 2018, 13 plant employees (including four BSP fire services officials) were killed and 14 people (including six BSP fire services officials) were injured in a blast at the plant. The blast occurred in a pipeline near the coke oven section at the steel plant in the town of Bhilai.
A report by the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India) cited the plant for specific safety violations, thereby creating a hazardous work environment for employees who worked near Blast furnaces and Coke Ovens. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/laxity-found-in-ensuring-safety-by-sail-at-bhilai-plant-cag-report/articleshow/80785092.cms?from=mdr|title=Laxity
==See also==
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