Kushabhau Thakre gas relief hospital and Maa Karma Devi day-care unit dispensaries will be converted into hospitals by providing various facilities. Five-bedded single wards will be constructed in both
Indu Bhan
Five non-government organisations representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Monday described the latest decision taken at the meeting of Group of Ministers to send 350 tonnes of hazardous waste from the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant to Germany for safe disposal was a vindication of their long-standing demand on the issue. They described this as a “minor but significant victory” in their 22 year long battle. At a press conference here, the organisations pointed out that the GoM’s decision has highlighted the toxic nature of Union Carbide’s waste and the ongoing dangers posed by the thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste in and around the abandoned pesticide factory.
Alleging that the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy had failed to keep the promises made to victims, victim organizations urged GoM chairperson and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to present correct figures of death and injury to provide adequate compensation, and also to treat environmental remediation as a separate issue in itself. Home Minister P. Chidambaram, along with Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid, and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayansamy, will be visiting Bhopal on Tuesday, to take stock of the situation, regarding disposal of tonnes of hazardous waste lying inside the Union Carbide factory premises.
CSE has analysed all major studies on impact of the waste dumped within & outside the Union Carbide site, concluded that there is large-scale contamination in the soil & water of the area and released this action plan for ridding the site of contamination in five years.
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Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has invited protests from the victims and activists of the Bhopal gas tragedy as also from the Bharatiya Janshakti, Shiv Sena and Hindu Manch for sound-bytes lasting for less than half-a-minute.
The Gas Relief and Rehabilitation department on Friday constituted a committee to examine proposals for disposal of chemical wastes at the Union Carbide site. The waste has to be cleared by GIS IS, a German
The most apt description of Bhopal on the early morning of December 3, 1984 came from one by Dr. Ivor Doney who likened the tragedy to
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: As the 25th anniversary of the world
Bhopal: The Centre had barred the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) from publishing the Bhopal gas tragedy-related research work for nine years, information under the RTI Act has revealed. It
CPCB funded this project to IITR, Lucknow vide letter No. A-14011/1/2011- Mon/S870dated13/10/2011to carry out the analysis of groundwater, soil and sub-soil samples from UCIL, Bhopal premises and in the
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Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal:
The question is not of providing the package to the victims of gas tragedy rather emphasis should be given on avoiding similar tragedy in the coming future and it becomes the responsibility of the govt. to assure mass of state to it.
