Give us a break, Mr Parekh
If the Bhopal judgment results in independent directors/CEOs/plant managers waking up to their responsibilities, that can only be a good thing Sunil Jain / New Delhi June 21, 2010, 0:03 IST
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The Bhopal legacy
This is the right time to ask the govt to rethink the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill
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Victims used for drug trials without their knowledge
Gas victims were subjected to some drug trials without their knowledge at a super-speciality hospital run by a trust, headed by former CJI Justice A M Ahmadi, a survivors
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Games big corporations play
P. Sainath Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power.
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NGO to seek Obama help against UCL
Seeking justice for the gas leak victims, survivors of the tragedy have started a campaign to get signatures on a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama.
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Groundwater around Carbide factory toxic, says report
The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has informed the Supreme Court that groundwater around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal is contaminated. In an interim report submitted before the Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar, the IITR said 30 samples were collected from the disaster site. Nitrate level in nine samples exceeded the permissible limit prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards for drinking water and lead beyond the limit was found in 24.
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Amid Bhopal rage, panel starts work on nuclear liability Bill
Siddharth Varadarajan AEC chairman questioned on Bill's provisions # Banerjee quoted as saying the government is prepared to be flexible # DAE likely to revert with fresh language on a couple of provisions
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Victims continue to suffer
It was on the mid night of December 2 and 3, 1984 when tonnes of deadly poisonous gas had leaked into the air from the Union Carbide
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Assessment and remediation of hazardous waste contaminated areas in and around M/s Union Carbide India Ltd: presentation
Assessment and remediation of hazardous waste contaminated areas in and around M/s Union Carbide India Ltd, Bhopal (NEERI & NGRI) and tender document for detoxification, decommissioning and dismantling of UCIL Plant (IICT).
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Over 100 Union Carbide disaster survivors protest N-plant in TN
Over 100 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster on Wednesday kept a candlelight vigil to express solidarity with those opposing the Kudankulam nuclear power project. Five organisations of the survivors
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Verdict in Bhopal gas tragedy on June 7
BHOPAL: Twenty-six years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, a local court trying the case will pronounce its verdict on June 7. During the trial, 178 prosecution witnesses were examined and 3,008 documents exhibited.
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After 25 years, Bhopal tragedy verdict on Jun 7
Suchandana Gupta | TNN
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SC wants report on ground water contamination around Union Carbide plant in a month
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday was irked by the blame game between Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), which was tasked to test ground
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No toxic waste for disposal: Ramky
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd - the company which carried out disposal of 33.32 tonne of lime from the now-closed plant of the Union Carbide Corporation India Ltd (UCIL) in Bhopal where a gas leak killed thousands in December 1984 - today denied that it currently has any toxic waste lying for disposal at the industrial area of Pithampur.
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Judicial failure
A MAN ARRIVES for a memorial service for the 1984 gas disaster victims on the 25th anniversary of the world's worst industrial accident, near the old Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on December 3.
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Decision on gas victims challenged
LALIT SHASTRI BHOPAL The Supreme Court will take up for mentioning on Friday a special leave petition challenging the Madhya Pradesh high court decision to uphold the Welfare Commissioner
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Green signal for green courts
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bill that will set up for the first time a network of dedicated environmental courts in the country has been cleared by the Cabinet. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment has proposed certain amendments to the Bill.
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Supreme Court orders disposal of Bhopal toxic waste in six months
Asks Centre, M.P. to go by recommendations of monitoring and advisory committees and NIREH The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union government and Madhya Pradesh to take immediate steps for disposal of toxic waste lying in and around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in six months. A Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar said this should be done on the recommendations of the Empowered Monitoring Committee, the Advisory Committee and the National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH).
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Not learning from Bhopal
<p>It is 25 years of the Bhopal gas disaster—the night when chemicals spewed out of the Union Carbide factory to kill and maim thousands over generations.
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SC pulls up Centre, Madhya Pradesh govt on illegal drug trials
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying its "unfortunate" that humans were being treated as "guinea pigs". A bench headed by Justice