Indian chemicals firm UPL asked to pay for forum on South Africa pollution

UPL has been accused by the country's environment department of illegally storing hazardous chemicals.

UPL Ltd., an Indian producer of chemicals used in agriculture, will be asked to pay for the establishment of a forum that will keep the public informed about developments relating to a spill of hazardous chemicals in the South African city of Durban.

The so-called multi stakeholder forum will be set up by the country’s environment department and will request that UPL pay for it under the “polluter pays principle,” the department said in a request for public comment on the forum’s terms of reference on Tuesday.

UPL has been accused by the department of illegally storing hazardous chemicals that were released