Not learning from Bhopal
We have no protocol for handling chemical accidents, managing medical relief or fixing the liability of polluters
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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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What is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal
This fact sheet contains what is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal.
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Gas victims burn Jairams effigy
BHOPAL: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy burnt an effigy of Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh here on Monday. The victims had apparently been offended by the Minister
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Agitation against Dow Chemicals
The agitators and the activists of Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Sangharsh Morcha burnt the effigy of the new owner of Union Carbide Factory, the Dow Chemicals, USA, in front of Lily Talkies on Sunday.
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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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State seeks special financial package of Rs.11,000 crore
Manmohan to take up the issue with Pranab Mukherjee Chief Minister Oommen Chandy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday with a delegation of eight of his Cabinet colleagues and sought over Rs.11,000 crore as a special financial package for the development of the State.
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A letter in blood to PM
Bhopal gas victims, survivors urge him to keep his promises For a cause: Bhopal survivors contributing blood for the letter to the Prime Minister in New Delhi on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: After walking for 38 days from Bhopal to reach New Delhi and staying a fortnight at Jantar Mantar here, Yasmin penned a letter in blood to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The aim: To get Dr. Singh meet gas leak victims and survivors and impress upon him the urgency to keep promises he made two years ago.
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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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GoM head Chidambaram not meeting Bhopal survivors!
Leaders of five organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster on Monday faxed a memorandum to Home Minister P Chidambaram a day ahead of his visit to Bhopal. The organisations said that they
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SC pulls up Centre for delay in Bhopal toxic waste disposal
Unhappy with the continuing inaction on the issue of disposal of 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) plant for the last 28 years, the SC on Monday pulled up the
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UN urged to help Bhopal gas victims
Two victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy, now ona tour of the United States, have aksed the United Nations to help rehabilitate those who were affected by leak of a poisonous gas 20 years
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'Steps on to clean up chemical waste in Union Carbide plant'
The Madhya Pradesh Minister for Bhopal Gas Tragedy relief and Rehabilitation, Uma Shankar Gupta, reiterated on Saturday that the State Government was fully aware of safety precautions and was making
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Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996
<p>Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996.</p>
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Yesterday once more
Unsafe cleanup of the Carbide factory revives memories of Bhopal s tragedy
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Boycott Indian Oil, say Bhopal tragedy victims
Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have urged the public to boycott the petrol sold by Indian Oil at its outlets, charging the oil major with plans to enter into an agreement with Dow Chemicals, which
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Dont blame CEO: Carbide
New York: Union Carbide is defending its former CEO Warren Anderson, now wanted for arrest in India, saying managers could not have foreseen a gas leak at the company
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Centre to set up panel to help Bhopal gas leak victims
The Government has agreed to set up a panel to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which has till now killed more than 15,000 people. On Thursday morning, Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan visited Jantar Mantar where the Bhopal survivors have been protesting for the last two months and read out a two-page statement authorised by the Prime Minister. The statement said India would press the US company which now owns Union Carbide to clean up the site.
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A Time Bomb We Await
The fallout of Hillary Clinton
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German company moves forward
The proposal of German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to dispose of the 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has finally