Digwal’s Poison, Dahej’s Acid, Mumbai’s Climate Time-Bombs: Mr. Piramal’s Toxic Trails
Digwal’s Poison, Dahej’s Acid, Mumbai’s Climate Time-Bombs: Mr. Piramal’s Toxic Trails Posted on 16th February, 2026 (GMT 06:35 hrs) Authored by Ecotopians of Alternity⤡ ABSTRACT This essay argues that the Piramal Group’s pharmaceutical and real-estate operations exemplify a systemic model of accumulation by dispossession in contemporary capitalism, wherein ecological harm, public-health burdens, and climate vulnerability are externalized onto marginalized communities while profits are privatized and reputational risk is managed through regulatory reprieves, corporate restructuring, and CSR spectacle. Through the long-running groundwater contamination crisis at Digwal, the very recent February 2026 hazardous discharge episode at Dahej affecting the Narmada-linked canal system, and the development of ultra-luxury coastal real estate in flood-prone zones of Mumbai, the text demonstrates a recurring pattern: violation, brief enforcement theatre, rapid operational normaliz...