A group of NGOs today strongly opposed the state government's fresh proposal of disposing of nearly 350 tons of toxic waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide plant at Bhopal in the Pithampur industrial
In the wake of Nagpur-based DRDO lab refusing to conduct tests on samples of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the Centre
The comprehensive survey report conducted in 15 communities surrounding the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)plant site in Bhopal. Reveals that tens of thousands of people are being poisoned with deadly chemicals even 25 years after the Bhopal Gas Disaster on 3rd December 1984.
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Jabalpur, Aug 18: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set October 26 as the date for final hearing after all parties submitted arguments on a public interest litigation for disposal of 350 tonnes toxic waste present for years in the now-closed Union Carbide factory at Bhopal. Justices Arun Mishra and Sushma Shrivastav, while hearing Bhopal-resident Alok Pratap Singh's plea yesterday, ruled that
THE Centre on Wednesday rejected the Opposition
Milind Ghatwai More than 25 years after gas spewing from a Bhopal pesticide plant on a December night killed several thousand and left many more affected, a local court today convicted seven former officials of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) after a marathon criminal trial.
Gireesh Chandra Prasad NEW DELHI CLEANING up the Bhopal gas tragedy site has led to a new inter-state dispute with Gujarat moving the Supreme Court against a Madhya Pradesh court order that a part of toxic waste from Bhopal can be disposed of in a Gujarat facility.
The Bhopal activist who was “snooped on” by Dow talks first-hand. This spying and snooping has a long history. When a big corporate like Dow Chemicals resorts to snooping on private citizens, in this case
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to take over the management of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust running super-speciality treatment centres for the 1984 gas victims. The apex court also accepted the resignation of former Chief Justice A M Ahmadi as the chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust.
Stringent steps: Following the recent
The American company, Dow Chemicals, should not be sponsoring the Olympics, said the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan. Speaking to a group of media persons on the sidelines
Milind Ghatwai Bhopal: Seven organisations representing gas tragedy victims came together on one platform on Thursday to say that they expected the group of ministers (GoM) to address issues of justice and opportunities for a life of dignity for survivors.
During his recent visit to Bhopal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh stirred a hornet
Rahul Wadke The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked Mumbai Waste Management Ltd, a hazardous waste management company with a facility near Mumbai, to incinerate 10 tonnes of toxic waste
* Only those inside houses coated with cow dung escaped the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. * There are only two ways to remain insulated from nuclear radiation, and one of them is application of cow dung.
The Bhopal gas leak disaster symbolises the failure of the legal system in general and the failure of the system to respond to the disaster in particular. The twenty years of engagement with the law and the justice system holds many lessons for the future. It is time for introspection and assessment.
भोपाल से पीथमपुर आएगा 10 टन कचरा करीब 30 साल पहले भोपाल में हजारों लोगों की जान लेने वाले यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस हादसे का हल अब तक नहीं निकला है। जहां हजारों लोग आज भी इस हादसे का दर्द झेलने को मजबूर हैं, वहीं कानूनी पेचीदगियों के चलते दुर्घटना स्थल पर पड़े खतरनाक केमिकल कचरे को अब तक साफ नहीं किया गया है। लेकिन सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश के बाद इस कचरे को खत्म करने की तैयारी शुरू हो गई है।
The deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas released by the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal this day 25 years ago affected even the unborn, researchers say. The toxic gas altered the immune system of those who were still in their mothers' wombs when the disaster struck, according to a recent study by researchers at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) in Bhopal.
The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) has pocketed over Rs 1 crore by allowing pharma companies to conduct clinical trials of drugs on its patients
