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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …

Gas relief dispensaries to be converted into hospitals

Kushabhau Thakre gas relief hospital and Maa Karma Devi day-care unit dispensaries will be converted into hospitals by providing various facilities. Five-bedded single wards will be constructed in both the gas relief and rehabilitation department governed dispensaries in which doctors and nurses will be available24 hours. The renovation work would …

Energy conservation not possible without public participation

Madhya Pradesh power trading company managing director PK Vaishy on the occasion of energy conservation week said that energy conservation is not possible without public participation. Society should understand its responsibility and make energy conservation a daily habit. Government and electricity companies are trying to conserve energy at their level, …

CM urges DMRC to prepare Metro rail project report

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare detailed project reports of metro rail projects of Bhopal and Indore cities. Metro rail facility has become necessary in view of increasing population of Bhopal and Indore cities. The Union Government has underlined the need to …

HC directs Centre to get toxic waste tested at any lab

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 to get it tested in any lab in the country and submit report to the …

SC issues notice to Centre, MP as Bhopal hospital staff seek pay hike

NEW DELHI, 12 DEC: The Supreme Court today issued notices to the governments at the Centre and in Madhya Pradesh on the petition filed by an NGO seeking directions to implement the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission for the doctors and employees of hospitals set up for the treatment …

Behind violent protest by gas victims, a video, a training manual

Behind the massive mobilisation on the railway tracks of Bhopal on the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy were a training video and a seven-step instruction manual. For more than a month before the disaster’s anniversary, activists of five organisations working for the survivors had moved from one slum to …

Specially-abled children hold rally

Bhopal: A candle rally was organised by specially-abled children under the aegis of Chingari Rehabilitation Centre to pay condolence to victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The rally was taken out from the centre to D.I.G. Bungalow Square. The motto of this candle march was to remember the pain and …

Gas tragedy: Chouhan govt seeks relief for 20 new wards

Sensing an opportunity in Saturday’s violence that marked the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy, the BJP government has revived an old demand for compensation to residents of new Bhopal whose claims were never considered. Even the activists working for the survivors never second the demand for compensation to 20 …

CM urges full compensation to gas victims

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that compensation in death category should also be given to those who died of partial effect in Bhopal gas tragedy. Rest of 20 wards of Bhopal should also be declared as gas-affected. CM in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on June …

Won’t submit to SC jurisdiction: Dow

New Delhi: US-based multinational Dow Chemicals has declined to share its wholly owned subsidiary Union Carbide Corporation’s alleged past residuary liability towards compensating 1984 Bhopal tragedy victims. It refused to submit to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India, which is dealing with the Centre’s plea for an additional …

26 years on, justice continues to elude victims

With Dow Chemical being a London Olympics sponsor, an unapologetic Union Carbide prospers On the eve of the 26th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy protested in the Madhya Pradesh capital by setting on fire effigies of Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London …

Bhopal victims to stop trains from today

On the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Saturday, victims and survivors, still waiting for relief, will register their protest by launching an indefinite rail roko andolan (stop trains). “On December 3, please don't travel by train. Change your reservations now. We are sorry to cause you inconvenience …

Bhopal Protesters Block Trains in India

Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation for the 1984 disaster. A survivor of the 1984 disaster shouts slogans during a demonstration Friday in front of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. The protest …

Gas victims’ NGO warns of dharna at CM house

Bhopal : Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan, an organisation representing victims of Bhopal gas tragedy threatened of holding a dharna at the residence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouuhan on the 27th anniversary of the disaster on December 2-3. Organisation’s convener Jabbar said a memorandum was submitted to Chouhan …

Govt accused of cheating gas victims

Bhopal : An organisation fighting for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has accused the Madhya Pradesh government of cheating the affected persons and families. Bhopal Gas Peedhit Mahila Udyog Sangathan also questioned the state government for delaying the setting up of special court. “The state government has not …

Green tribunal Benches yet to come up in Kolkata & three other cities

The environment ministry is yet to establish its green tribunal Benches in Kolkata, Chennai, Bhopal and Pune even a year after a notification was issued for the same. “The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has been made functional effective October 18, 2010. NGT and MoEF are vigorously pursuing the …

Malaria deaths rising in state

Bhopal : The malaria situation in Madhya Pradesh has reached a critical level with the death toll consistently increasing every day and the opposition parties slamming the ruling BJP government for its failure to contain the epidemic like situation. While the exact state wide death toll is not clear, tribal …

Forest dwellers have right over forest products

Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that forest dwellers have right over forest products. Exploitation of tribals will not be allowed. Chouhan said this at the state-level convention of Forest Committees (Van Samitis) at Lal Parade Ground here today. Chief Minister Chouhan said that effective efforts are …

HEG Ltd to expand capacity to 80K MT per annum from next year

Bhopal : HEG Ltd, one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of graphites electrodes in South Asia, on Thursday announced that scaling up of its plant in Mandideep involving an investment of additional Rs 245 cr shall be complete by mid of next year. By then the company shall start …

Now, Tier-II cities qualify for Metro: Centre To Consider Proposals From Urban Centres With 20 Lakh Population

New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …

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