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
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Parasites of Disaster
The other tragedy is what's begin done in the name of Bhopal. On November 25, almost a week before the 18th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, 60-odd activists of the global environment watchdog
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Maggots feed on victim's cause in toxic hotspot
16 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, about 10 to 15 people die every month from exposure-related ailments. Hundreds of crores of rupees (mostly Central funds) have been shown to be spent by the
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Sixteen years of gas and still no relief to Bhopal
It's 16 years since the Bhopal Gas Disaster occured on the night of December 2, but the sufferings of the victims continue unabated. Tormented by the loss of family members, incapacitated due to
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SOS
Bhopal cries for justice, delhi fails to hear:The Bhopal gas tragedy, that killed at least 27,000 people and left hundreds of thousands with permanent physical and psychological injuries, continues
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Bhopal gas case takes new turn
The case relating to the Bhopal gas tragedy today took a new turn with the Supreme Court being informed that the Madhya Pradesh Government had received 10.29 lakh claim applications from the victims
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SC verdict favours Bhopal victims
Supreme Court has restored the right of many Bhopal gas victims, who have been denied death and injury compensation so far, to claim their compensation within 60 days after fresh notification of
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Compensate victims within 60 days : SC
The Supreme Court has reopened the doors of justice for nearly 80,000 victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, whose compensation claims had been barred by a notification issued by the Welfare
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Carbide polluting water, alleges NGO
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan has sent a memorandum to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh giving details of several cases of ground water pollution near the Union Carbide
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Gas tragedy survivors feel betrayed
Condemning the Government's efforts to 'protect' Union Carbide and its new owner, Dow Chemicals, survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and their sympathisers marched from Mandi House to Parliament
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Gas tragedy
The Bhopal gas tragedy occurrred in December 1984 wherein approximately 40 tones of deadly MIC released in the dead of the night caused the death of over 2,500 and continued life-Olonmg misery for
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Bhopal gas victims flay court decision
Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster of December 1984, today criticised the August 28 decision of the Federal Court in New York that dismissed their class action suit against the Union Carbide
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Over 100,000 gas victims denied conpensation
More than 100,000 victims of the Bhopal gas disaster have been denied compensation because of "monumental callousness and gross apathy" in the registration, adjudication and settlement of their
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Bhopal gas case hearing on Aug 2
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Mr. L.D. Borasee, has fixed August 2 and 3 as the next dates of hearing of the crimnal case against the Union Carbide plant for the Bhopal gas tragedy. The three
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M.P. Govt. seeks aid for Bhopal gas victims
The Madhya Pradesh Government has asked the Centre to sanction Rs 317 crore for the second action plan to provide proper medical facilities to the victims of Bhopal gas disaster of December 1984, the
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Gas victims slam MP govt
Organisations of Bhopal gas victims have blasted the Madhya Pradesh govenrment's recent proposal to the Canadian government for help to dispose of chemical waste strewn around the now-defunct Union
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Globalisation needs checks
WorldWatch : International commerce is a potent mechanism used by the developed world to dump hazardous technologies in developing countries and Bhopal gas tragedy was a "terrible" example of such a
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Bhopal gas victims to demonstrate in Delhi on March 23
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy will hold demonstrations in New Delhi and Mumbai on March 23 to press for extradition of Waren M Anderson, forcer chief, Union Carbide Corporation. Around one thousand
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Court takes MP govt to task
The Supreme Court has taken the Madhya Pradesh government to task on the issue of medical relief to victims of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster. The court expressed