17 years after Bhopal
Almost 17 years after one of the world's greatest industrial disasters took the form of the Bhopal gas tragedy, it is only now that a proper hospital to treat thousands of the gas-affected has come
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Toxic past, present & future
They still cannot shut away that deadly December night. Ad the screams continue to haunt them even after 17 long years. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, thought to be the worst industrial disaster ever, has
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Bhopal forum wants early extradition of Anderson
The convener of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan, Abdul Jabbar, said that the Central Government should immediately seek the extradition of the former Union Carbide Corporation Chief, Mr.
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Impact of air pollution on humans, environment
What do Belgium's Meuse valley incident, Donora catastrophe, London smog and Bhopal gas tragedy have in common, besides leaving a trail of death? The causal agent for these incidents was the same air
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It's Dow or Die
For 17 long years, victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have been waging an inexorable battle for justice, fighting obstacles corporate power and government apathy have placed in their way. It's this
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Bhopal tragedy survivors on hunger strike
Eighteen years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy scarred their live, the victims took to the Delhi's roads to seek justice. About 80-odd survivors are living on the sheltered payments opposite Jantar
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More support for hunger strike by Bhopal survivors
The protest of the Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors has reached a new level with supporters from Chennai, the United Kingdom and the United States pledging to carry on a relay indefinite hunger strike.
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Bhopal gas victims seek Kalam's help
Survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy have sought intervention by President Abdul Kalam in preventing Delhi from diluting charges against former Chairman of the US Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), Mr.
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Gas victims to protest in Johannesburg
A group of Bhopal gas leak survivors left for Johannesburg to demonstrate against Dow Chemical on August 27 when Earth Summit opens there. Union Carbide Corporation, responsible for the December 1984
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Bhopal victim's novel protest at Earth Summit
Rashide Bee, a survivor of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, carries a broom when she speaks at meeting linked to World Summit on sustainable Development beginning tomorrow. Bee, who lost most of her
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Greenpeace tracks down Andersen
Greenpeace has said it has tracked down the former chairman of Union Carbide who faces homicide charges in India over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands. Calling on both India and the
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Exhibition on Bhopal tragedy from Sept. 16
More than 55 stunning and poignant black-and-white photographs, capturing the suffering of victims of the world's worst industrial accident - the Bhopal Gas tragedy - by India's best known
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Gas victims seek President's intervention
Bhopal gas victims' organisations have sought President A P J Kalam's intervention for extraditing the then Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson, prime accused in the gas tragedy case.
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Money for Bhopal Gas victims not to be diverted
Union Coal Minster Uma Bharti, who represents the Bhopal seat in Lok Sabha has suffered a jolt. The State level committee on Relief to survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984 has resolved not
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Bhopal survivors want Dow 'to stand trial'
A new dimension to the ongoing struggle by survivors of the Bhopal Gas disaster of December 3, 1984 has been added. Survivors are now demanding for the inclusion of multinational giant of Dow
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India not ready for Bhopal gas tragedy replay
Nearly two decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the country is still ill-equipped to handle a similar industrial disaster. Medical experts say that because of a lack of follow-up research, the
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Bhopal gas victims slam US attack
A meeting organized by the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan noted that 100000 people are still suffering after the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster. It said this point must be noted as the US
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Notice to govt on gas tragedy
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Union government on a petition seeking disbursement of about Rs 13.6 billion meant for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. A Bench of Justice Shivaraj V Patil
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Carbide chemicals not cleared
The Bhopal gas tragedy isn't over yet. In the absence of a proper clean up of the site, chemicals are still leaking into the soil and groundwater. Union Carbide sought to cover all claims by paying
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Learning a lesson from gas tragedy
The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 "grimly forces us to think about effective implementation of mechanisms linked with technology transfer, research and development, location policy and fatory laws,