Read this newspaper report and answer the questions that follow:

A vessel dumped 500 tonnes of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhoea etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and twenty six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. A multinational company dealing in petroleum and metals had contracted a local company of the Ivory Coast to dispose the toxic waste from its ship.

(i) Who are the people who benefited and who did not?

(ii) What should be the developmental goal for this country?

(i) People who benefited were the people of the local company that disposed the toxic waste. The local people of the Ivory Coast suffered because of the effect of toxic waste on their health.

(ii) The developmental goals for this country would include:

1. Strong administrative mechanism to avoid such incidents.
2. Strict rules to punish such offenders.
3. Making people aware regarding pollution and prevention of pollution.