Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
TRAGEDY: People gather at the accident site in Korba, some 200 km from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday. KORBA (CHHATTISGARH): At least 20 labourers were killed and nearly 70 are feared trapped under debris after a chimney at an under-construction thermal power plant of the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) caved …
The off site emergency plan for chemical and harzardous industries in south Goa will now be part of the district Disaster Management Plan. District Collector and Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority, G P Naik on Wednesday chaired a meeting to set in process to incorporate the off site …
At least 25 people were crushed to death when an under-construction chimney at a new power plant being constructed at Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) in Korba, 230 km from here, collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. Another 40 people are feared trapped in the debris. Unconfirmed reports said angry workers then thrashed …
Overwhelming evidence shows that hazardous work, working conditions, and environment fail to maintain homeostasis results in death or severe disability. Up to the 1980s, governments did not pay major attention to occupational health in developing countries, including India. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, in 1984, was the turning point in the …
ALUVA: Four persons were killed and many seriously injured when the concrete tank of a biogas plant at Edathala near Aluva exploded owing to a suspected pressure build-up, on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Lalu, 42, of Kochi; Safangiri, 30, of Kolkata, and Ibrahim, 75 of Lucknow, while one …
BHOPAL: A decision on an important matter concerning the dispute between Eveready Ltd. and the Madhya Pradesh Government over the property of Union Carbide India Limited was put off by the Chief Judicial Magistrate here on Wednesday. The hearing in a contempt case filed by Eveready against the State was …
BRIDGEHAMPTON (NEW YORK): The former head of the chemical company responsible for the gas leak that killed thousands of people in Bhopal 25 years ago has been
US lawmakers have asked Dow Chemical to clean up the soil and underground water contaminated by the deadly gas leak at Union Carbide plant at Bhopal but the US firm disowned the liabilities saying that it never owned or operated the disgraced plant site. As many as 27 lawmakers have …
LALIT K JHA WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI Union Carbide plant paid US $470 million in damages for the deadly gas leak from the plant in Bhopal on December 3, 1984 US legislators have asked Dow Chemical to clean up the soil and underground water contaminated by the deadly gas leak at the …
This is the letter by the Congress of United States, Washington to Chairman & CEO of Dow Chemical Company, Michigan, requesting that Dow ensures that a representative appear in the ongoing legal cases in India regarding Bhopal, that Dow meets the demands of the survivors for medical and economic rehabilitation, …
Letter to Dow Chemical Company from Congress of the United States to immediately take steps towards remediation and redress of the chemical disaster in Bhopal, India.
A four-member delegation including two members of the survivors' family of the worst industrial gas tragedy in Bhopal conducted a successful campaign of United States to exert pressure over Dow Chemicals Company that refused to obey Indian courts and Indian government. ''We had a successful meeting with the US State …
One person was killed and six others including two minors were hospitalised after inhailing ammonia gas leaked from a broken pipe at an ice factory in Arjun Nagar (Gunjmandi) on Tuesday.The gas leakage in the ice factory located in the residential area at 12.30pm forced hundreds of residents to run …
Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances. But non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely …
Gangtok: At least 12 labourers were killed when a dam being constructed by a private firm collapsed near Rongli in East Sikkim district, police said on Friday. The Rang Po dam collapsed at about 9.00pm last night and so far 10 bodies have been recovered, but the toll could mount …
The 13th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan meeting here on Wednesday reviewed the level of preparedness of various agencies to deal with oil spill disasters. The one-day meeting, which saw 80 delegates representing various Government departments, ports, oil industry, oil exploration units and state maritime baords, was chaired by …
During the night of 2-3 December 1984, a leak of some 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (India) Limited, a partly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Union Carbide Corporation, caused one of the highest-casualty industrial …
