Legislators in US urge Dow to clean plant site
LALIT K JHA WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI Union Carbide plant paid US $470 million in damages for the deadly gas leak from the plant in Bhopal on December 3, 1984
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Green reporting
Encouraging Indian industries to voluntarily disclose performance on environmental front
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Denied relief, Bhopal gas victims appeal to SC
Unable to get compensation even after 15 years, victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy have once again knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court. They have challenged a recent amendment to the Bhopal
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Bhopal gas victims allege violation of SC orders
Bhopal gas victims have accused 'gas claim courts' of violating Supreme Court orders on registration, adjudication and settlement of compensation claims. More than 40 claim courts function in Bhopal
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Govt. to wind up gas claim courts
The Bhopal Government has decided to wind up claim courts for Bhopal gas victims, which are operational since 1992. When the claim courts will be reduced to ten, the number of employees would be
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Gas-hit demonstrate against US court decision
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udhyog Sangathan along with Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh and Group for Information and Action, jointly took out a rally against the dismissal of case filed
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Hearing on Bhopal gas disaster begins
The five-day hearing of witness in the Bhopal Gas Disaster started Monday with the recording of statements of Souman Dey, who was Plant Operator, Control Room, Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) .
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MP drags feet on hazardous waste disposal
Madhya Pradesh, which in 1984 witnessed the worst industrial disaster, the gas leak from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, still does not have the infrastructure to manage hazardous
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Government seeks Rs 50 crore to clean up Carbide plant
Minister for Bhopal Gas Relief Arif Aqueel has said that the Madhya Pradesh state government's request for Rs 50 crores to clean up the toxic waste lying around the Union Carbide's pesticide
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Memory s nemesis
An anniversary story changes tack, a tragedy continues unabated
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PCB observes National Pollution Prevention Day
JAMMU, Dec 2 :Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board, (SPCB) in collaboration with Association of Industries Jammu, observed
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'Broom' campaign by Bhopal victims against Dow Chemical
Women victims of the Bhopal Gas leak have launched a campaign to sweep the facilities owned by Dow Chemicals away from India and will be carrying out a demonstration in front of its joint venture
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Bhopal victims write to Vajpayee
Nearly 1,000 women, who had lost their family members during the December 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster, have urged PM A B Vajpayee to look into their plight and increase the monthly pension they get. The
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'Poison flowing in Carbide water'
Finally, almost 19 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government has admitted that groundwater was severely contaminated by chemicals and waste dumped in and around the Union
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'Poison flowing in Carbide water'
Finally, almost 19 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government has admitted that groundwater was severely contaminated by chemicals and waste dumped in and around the Union
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PIL on gas victims' viscera
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a public interest litigation seeking an inquiry into the destruction of 300 samples of viscera of the Bhopal Gas Victims by the State Legal Medico Science
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NGOs flay DIgvijay for pollution
Two organizations working for Bhopal gas disaster victims have held CM DIgvijay Singh "responsible for the spread of pollution" around Union Carbide factory. "We have been drawing the CM's attention
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Protests to mark Bhopal gas tragedy anniversary
As Bhopalites get ready to mourn those who died following the Bhopal gas leak disaster of December 3,1984, different pressure groups have become active. Protests would be held in front of the
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Unhappy anniversary
It has been 18 years since the Bhopal Gas tragedy, the world's worst industrial accident, took place. Virtually a whole new generation has come up in the tragedy's aftermath. Union Carbide has been
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166 Bhopal claims not yet settled
As many as 166 claims of Bhopal Gas victims are yet to be disposed of and the Centre has released Rs 193.5 crore to the Madhya Pradesh Government for a five-year plan for rehabilitation of the