Report filed by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of News item titled 'Residents stage protest against pollution caused by Vijayawada Thermal Power Station" which appeared in the Hindu, November 4, 2024. The report was dated February 22, 2025. M/s Dr. Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station is …
Police have booked three officials of a chemical firm in connection with leakage of poisonous gas at the company's plant in Tarapur Industrial Estate in Thane district, which resulted in the death of four workers. Thane district police said they have booked chief manager, production manager and plant supervisor of …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday sought state government's response within six weeks on the matter of giving compensation to victims of gas leak in Hardoi. A division bench of Justice Abdul Mateen and Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena also issued notice to the factory for …
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking transfer of the corpus of the erstwhile Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust to it. The trust was set up to look after the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy. A Bench headed by Chief …
Three coal miners including the owner of the mine died in remote Siju area of South Garo Hills after inhaling toxic fumes while attempting to extract the mineral, a delayed report said. There is virtually no communication link in the remote jungle area which is on the periphery of the …
The chlorine gas leak on August 22 in the State capital has shown the lack of preparedness of the administration in dealing with such incidents as it could have resulted in a major tragedy if it had not been controlled in time, writes Vivek Trivedi The unforgettable memories of the …
The Madhya Pradesh government has ordered an inquiry into Monday night's chlorine leakage at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd's water treatment plant here. The Commissioner of Bhopal Municipal Corporation has been asked to conduct an inquiry and furnish a report within 15 days, an official release said today. Over 30 …
At least 35 persons fell ill, after they came in contact of chlorine gas that leaked from the closed BHEL’s water treatment plant situated right in front of the State Assembly building on Monday night. The victims have been admitted to JP Hospital where their condition is reportedly stable. Two …
Bellary : Three workers, including an assistant manager, died on the spot after inhaling carbon monoxide at the Jindal (JSW) steel factory at Toranagal in Bellary district early Tuesday morning. K B Prashant (26) of Kagatur Okha village in Chennagiri taluk, Davangere district, H M Mallikarjun (25) of Oddu village in Sandur taluk, Bellary …
Agartala, June 16: Natural gas continued to leak from an ONGC well in western Tripura on Thursday, nearly two days after the leak was first detected, officials here said. Experts and engineers are on a constant battle to cap the well. According to a spokesman of the state-owned exploration giant …
More than two decades after the gas leak in Bhopal, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported a higher incidence of cancer in affected areas
The judiciary has heaped more injustice on victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, activists said on Wednesday after the apex court's decision to reject the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea for more stringent punishment to the seven accused. Some said it was a "black day" and squarely blamed …
Discerning citizens and civil society organisations that have remained in the forefront defending the interests of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday reacted sharply to the Supreme Court decision dismissing the CBI's curative petition against an earlier judgment of the apex court that diluted the charges against the accused in …
SHASUN Chemicals in the SIPCOT industrial park in Cuddalore, from where a bromine gas leak earlier this week left hundreds of people gasping for breath, was functioning illegally as it did not have a valid consent from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to operate the plant. Getting the …
The Tamil Nadu government has set up a four-member expert committee comprising senior officials of factory inspectorate from nearby Trichy, a senior official of the zonal Labour Institute and a senior official from the public sector United India Insurance company to inquire deep into the gas leakage incident at one …
When B R Lall, the IPS officer who had headed the CBI probe into the Bhopal gas leak, alleged that the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) had pressured the agency not to pursue the extradition of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, he drew not only an indignant response but also mockery …
