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 …
More money for those affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy, a giant clean-up at the site of the tragedy, and new legal action to assign corporate responsibility for that effort - these are the star attractions of the remediation and rehabilitation plan that the government will consider, as it tries …
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to foot the bill for remediation, or cleaning up, of the contaminated site of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. This is expected to be among the recommendations of the group of ministers (GoM), which are to be finalized and handed over to Prime …
The Group of Ministers (GOM), appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Bhopal gas tragedy, has looked into the health-related problems that people suffered due to the sudden leakage of tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) from the storage tank at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the night …
The Centre seems to have forgotten the findings of a high-level technical committee it had formed immediately after the Bhopal gas tragedy, which had slammed the Union Carbide Corporation saying it was
Deliberating on remediation measures, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday considered a number of clean-up options, including building a memorial and burying part of the toxic waste at the disaster site in Bhopal where the Union Carbide factory is located. Chidambaram told reporters …
Ministerial Panel May Put Onus Of Cleaning Up Plant Site On MP Govt With Financial Help From Centre THE group of ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy, which met for the fourth time on Sunday, discussed remedial and environment issues. The ministerial panel feels that the Madhya Pradesh government …
NEW DELHI: Residents of 13 localities around the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal first bore the brunt of the gas leak in 1984 and are now suffering contamination of ground water by hazardous waste from the plant. "We will soon move the Supreme Court to revive the 15-year-old matter in …
New Delhi: The Centre has decided to explore the feasibility of securing the extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, besides hiking the compensation for the Bhopal gas victims who look poised to get an additional package of Rs 982.75 crore. The decisions to secure the custody and enhance …
Members of the reconstituted Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas leak disaster today favoured enhanced compensation as one of the key ingredients of a healing touch package but agreed to take it up along with all other issues in back-to-back meetings over the weekend before finalising its report on …
Twenty five years later, ground zero of the Bhopal gas disaster is still a ghastly minefield for residents. They are still being harmed by the land they live in and the water they drink, writes M Rajshekhar MUHAMMAD Khan, a former Union Carbide employee, is confronted with the tragedy every …
More than two decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, there is a renewed sense of hope that the government's empowered Group of Ministers (GoM) will look afresh at various issues which have been lying buried all these years. The issue of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson's extradition is expected …
New Delhi: Only three years ago, the Centre seemed disinclined to increase payouts for Bhopal gas tragedy victims after applications filed by two NGOs alleged that the estimate used to create the settlement fund was based on a conservative figure, and compensation paid to the kin was woefully inadequate. These …
Gas victims were subjected to some drug trials without their knowledge at a super-speciality hospital run by a trust, headed by former CJI Justice A M Ahmadi, a survivors
Seeking to zero down on the right healing touch to rectify the political damage from the 26-year-old Bhopal gas tragedy, the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up by the PM will look afresh at remediation measures as well as the complexities of giving additional compensation to victims. This also raises …
Begumganj: The drinking water crisis in this town of district Raisen has intensified to such an extent that there regular confrontation of people being witnessed here over the drinking water. The situation has been made worse because of drying up some of the drinking water sources. However, the municipality did …
Bhopal: MP Congress Committee spokesman Arif Masood said that in the meeting of union group of ministers to be held in Delhi on June 18 priority should be given to the compensation to be given to gas victims. The family of the deceased in gas tragedy should be given Rs …
The alacrity shown by the government in setting up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into all issues of the Bhopal gas tragedy - including adequacy of compensation - was clearly missing just three years ago when the UPA government opposed tooth and nail any enhancement of payment to …
Ex-CM Accused Of Illegally Sending Anderson Out; Ex-US Embassy Official Says Indian Govt Assured Of Safe Exit For UC Boss AS FORMER Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh faces allegations of arranging for
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur has put the previous Atal Bihari Vajapayee-led National Democratic Alliance Government in the dock over the welfare of Bhopal gas tragedy victims. Replying to questions of reporters here today, Mr Gaur said various governments at the Centre …
Bhopal gas tragedy killed 20,000 people and scarred many for life. More than 25 year after the disaster, countless victims are still suffering due to neglect and callousness of authorities. Forget compensation, they don't even have access to clean drinking water. Here's a report on the state of the victims …
