Bhopal victims step up agitation
Over 400 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster and their sympathisers who organised a huge "die in" New delhi, covering themselves in white shrouds and lying on the road while symbolic figures of
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Water at UCIL contaminated, says institute
High levels of nitrate, lead and nickel have been found present in the groundwater samples collected by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal. Submitting a report
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Cabinet nod on compensation to Bhopal victims
The Union Cabinet approved the implementation of the 2004 Supreme Court order for disbursement of pro-rata additional compensation on one-on-one basis to victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. It also
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Bhopal gas victims in long walk for clean water
More than 20 years after the world's worst industrial disaster, victims of the Bhopal gas leak have stepped up their campaign for clean drinking water with an indefinite sit-down in the Indian
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Bhopal protesters detained in Delhi
Over 100 protesters, comprising mostly women, demanding the rehabilitation of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy were detained by the police for staging a dharna outside Shastri Bhavan in New
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Gas tragedy: Chouhan govt seeks relief for 20 new wards
Sensing an opportunity in Saturday’s violence that marked the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy, the BJP government has revived an old demand for compensation to residents of new Bhopal whose claims
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Court OKs CBI plea to extradite Anderson
New Delhi: The CBI
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Behind violent protest by gas victims, a video, a training manual
Behind the massive mobilisation on the railway tracks of Bhopal on the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy were a training video and a seven-step instruction manual. For more than a month before the disaster’s
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Bhopal gas survivors to expose' Kamal Nath
Accuse the Union Minister of helping Union Carbide Accused of favouring Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide "He has joined hands with the killer of Bhopal' Two organisations of Bhopal gas disaster survivors on Tuesday announced their decision to launch a public awareness campaign to "expose' Union Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath's role "in helping Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide escape their liabilities in Bhopal'.
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Disaster tourism
The CSE
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Centre Blindly Followed Union Carbide Compensation Formula
Startling new documents show that weeks after the tragic Bhopal gas leak in December 1984, the Indian government mutely accepted a settlement offered by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). Among other things,
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How the Bhopal victims were sold short
The large number of deaths due to gas leakage from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in December 1984 was a tragedy of great magnitude.
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Pollution Is Not Above Board, Nor In Control
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy,
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25 years of shame
The government
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Bhopal gas victims: SC asks Centre for details
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to claims made by organisations representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy that the number of those dead and injured were far more than
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Bhopal plea rejected in US
In a big setback to survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy, a US appellate court has rejected their plea against Union Carbide Corporation for compensation and removal of hazardous waste from its chemical
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Bhopal tragedy: 22 years on, all get compensation
At long last, almost 22 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the last compensation cheque was handed over to a claimant on Monday. With this, the process of disbursement of compensation to the gas
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A tragedy lingers
An insensitive state follows an insensitive multinational in denying justice and succour to the victims of Bhopal. (Editorial)
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Non-utilisation of Rs 4 crore for safely disposing carbide waste: Audit
About Rs 4 crore earmarked for safe disposal of toxic waste lying at Union Carbide site in Bhopal was not utilised by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB), an audit report has said. The state
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Night without end
The government's behaviour compounds the scandal