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 …
Bhopal: Bhopal gas tragedy survivors on Thursday marched with a jhadu (broom) at the opening ceremony of the ‘Bhopal Special Olympics’ organised to protest Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the London Olympics. Dow has owned Union Carbide, the firm responsible for the a gas, since 2001. Over 40 minors with physical …
Abandoned Carbide factory continues to leach toxic chemicals into groundwater Even as the world prepares to witness the London Olympics starting Friday, victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have decided to pre-empt the organisers by holding a “Bhopal Special Olympics” here on Thursday. Five survivor organisations, led by …
Five organisations of the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster have planned to jointly organise ‘Bhopal Special Olympics’ on July 26, a day ahead of the London Olympics, in protest against the sponsorship of London Olympics by Dow Chemicals, the present owners of Union Carbide Ltd. Talking to media persons …
Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh planted saplings on Bhagirath hillock at village Hansalpur in Mhow tahsil of the district today at a programme organised by the Forest Department. As many as 15 thousand saplings will be planted on the hillock spread over 21 hectare area. A sum of Rs. one …
Bhopal: Thousands of acres of slum land in four major cities of Madhya Pradesh may go into the hands of private builders, if the proposal mooted by the housing and environment department under the plan to make the cities slum-free, is any indication. The plan will cause major urban displacement …
Bhopal: Patients in the state will soon get the facility of treatment through tele-medicine facility. Virology lab and gamma cameras will also be installed soon at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. This information was given at a meeting of Medical Education Department’s Advisory Committee here today. The meeting was chaired by …
Central Pollution Control Board accused of failure to keep the June 4 deadline Environmentalists have accused the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of failure to keep the June 4 deadline for filing a report on groundwater contamination caused by Dow Chemical Company’s Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal, despite its …
New Delhi: Mounting deaths due to alleged unauthorized clinical trials of drugs on humans took centre stage in the Supreme Court on Monday, which pulled up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for showing lack of sensitivity and urgency in collecting data and responding to a public interest litigation. …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has failed to file a report in the Supreme Court on the status of groundwater contamination at the Union Carbide plant site in Bhopal, an environmental group said on Sunday. The pollution control board was asked by the apex court to submit the report …
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying its "unfortunate" that humans were being treated as "guinea pigs". A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha pulled up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for not filing their response on …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that top priority should be given to supply of power for 24 hours for giving fillip to the state’s economy. Madhya Pradesh has achieved 12 percent growth rate this year in which power sector has given important contribution. Chief Minister Shri …
Indore, the state's commercial capital, once dependent on the Bilawali and Limbodi water tanks, as well as from the Yashwant Sagar dam is now heavily dependent on the Narmada River (70 km away) for its ware supply. Any break in the pipeline or interruption in power supply deprives Indore of …
Bhopal: The State Government has issued a notification empowering collectors to sanction and renew mining leases as per rules pertaining to mining concessions. Through a previous notification, the State Government had given powers to collectors to cancel applications for prospecting licence/lease less than four hectare area as well as incomplete. …
INDORE: Indore, the state's commercial capital, once dependent on the Bilawali and Limbodi water tanks, as well as from the Yashwant Sagar dam is now heavily dependent on the Narmada River (70 km away) for its ware supply. Any break in the pipeline or interruption in power supply deprives Indore …
The Gas Relief and Rehabilitation department on Friday constituted a committee to examine proposals for disposal of chemical wastes at the Union Carbide site. The waste has to be cleared by GIS IS, a German company. As per the MoU, the responsibilities have to be discharged by the Union and …
Mayor Krishna Gaur along with the officials of BMC visited BRTS corridor and over bridge at Habibganj Railway Station, here on Friday. During the visit she instructed the officials concerned to finish the work within the given time. Further she asked them to present a report to her on the …
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that a campaign would be launched to ensure that every village and city has its own water structure. Everyone has right over water. It will not be privatised. He also said that a law would be enacted to save lakes in the …
The visible part of the waste to go to Germany first, buried part in next phase The 350 tonnes of toxic waste dumped on the premises of the erstwhile Union Carbide factory in Bhopal would be flown to Germany to be incinerated, either there or in any other part of …
Almost three decades after deadly gases spewed out of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, the Union Cabinet has finally approved the proposal to airlift 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the defunct pesticide factory site to Germany for safe disposal. Tuesday's Cabinet decision comes after attempts to dispose of …
Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy and some non-government organisations (NGOs) have decided to appeal in the second circuit court of appeals against the US court summary judgment which ruled that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman, Warren Anderson, were liable for environmental remediation emanating from one of the …
