Section 5 EPA 1986 was famously invoked in the context of the SHRIRAM INDUSTRIES (Oleum Gas Leak) case to:

1. The Shriram Industries case (M.C. Mehta v. UoI, 1987) followed the OLEUM GAS LEAK from the Shriram Industries chlorine plant in densely populated Delhi. 2. The Supreme Court, exercising its writ jurisdiction under Article 32, directed CLOSURE of the hazardous chlorine plant subject to conditions for safety. 3. The case famously articulated the ABSOLUTE LIABILITY doctrine and led to Parliament enacting the Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 (mandatory insurance for handling hazardous substances). 4. Section 5 EPA gives Central Government similar closure direction power. 5. Hence option B is correct. _Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution of India / Stockholm/Rio/Paris / Indian SC environmental jurisprudence — M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Oleum Gas Leak / Shriram), AIR 1987 SC 965; EPA Section 5_