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 …
common concern: A Montana jury ordered ChevronTexaco Corporation to pay us $40.3 million for environmental damage from a gasoline pipeline leak in 1955. The case is of potential concern for energy companies, which under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or the Superfund law, have been held responsible …
Bhopal gets promised a long awaited Rsl,503 crore For some, the figure of Rsl,503 crore may appear a bounty. But lakhs of people in Bhopal have been waiting anxiously for several years to get this money, and it's rightfully theirs for the taking. A Supreme Court diktat that would enable …
More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gases leaked from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India in December 1984. Since then, exposure to the toxins has resulted in the deaths of a further 15,000 people as well as chronic and debilitating illnesses for thousands of …
More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gases leaked from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India in December 1984. Since then, exposure to the toxins has resulted in the deaths of a further 15,000 people as well as chronic and debilitating illnesses for thousands of …
the Pakistan government has halted compressed natural gas (cng) supply to all gas stations and industries in the North West Frontier Province (nwfp), Punjab and the capital city of Islamabad. This move follows the recent rupture of two major pipelines connecting the country's gas transmission network with the Sui gas …
distance from the poison-producing plant was not the only deciding factor. Unlike what previous research would have us believe, the adverse health effects resulting from the Bhopal gas tragedy cannot be assessed only on the basis of how near the victim lived to the Union Carbide plant. Several other factors
on december 19, 2001, a Delhi Transport Corporation (dtc) bus running on compressed natural gas (cng) caught fire at a filling station. A leakage was said to be the cause of the blaze. This was one of the eight incidents that have occurred in Delhi during the past six months. …
the National Human Rights Commission has directed the Gujarat government to file a report on the toxic gas leak in Jamnagar city, which is causing serious health problems among one million local people. On August 14, 2001, a gaseous odour was detected in some parts of Jamnagar. Following this incident, …
chlorine gas leaked from a chemical factory at Udumalpet in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu recently. This led to at least 351 people, including 197 women and children, suffering from vomiting and eye irritation. Police officials believe that the gas leaked when the chemicals produced in the factory were being …
IT HAPPENED again, for the 14th time in a row. As a annual national exercise, one more dirge was sung for Bhopal. The Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) jointly organised the 14th commemoration of the Bhopal gas …
Who do you think was responsible for the tragedy? The responsibility lies with the management which did not adhere to the safety norms. There were no technically qualified personnel to look after safety measures. On the day of the tragedy, not a single safety mechanism was in place. I left …
the chlorine gas leak in January this year has spurred action among various ngos in Lahore, demanding more protection for the victims. They have founded the Action Committee for the Gas Affectees of Baja Lines. The committee comprises representatives of ngos (Shirkat Gah, World Wide Fund for Nature, Aurat Foundation, …
Little has been done about the January 8 Lahore gas leak disaster which had claimed 30 lives and affected thousands. In want of any evaluation of the area by the authorities, deaths kept occurring even some days after the accident. Some NGOs including the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan and …
What did Bhopal teach us? In his book, Corporate Environmental Strategy: The Avalanche of Change Since Bhopal (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1995), author Bruce W Piasecki has explored the genesis and extent of corporate change in environmental policies of representative multinationals (including Union Carbide or UC). Bhopal served …
leaks of halon, chlorofluorocarbon, hydrochlorofluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in concentrations as low as 10 parts per million can now be located with a hand-held, easy-to-use, portable leak detector from Lidbury, a uk-based company. The portable detector, called Portamonitor, weighs 370 gm and has its sensor mounted on a 250 mm …
HARITT is a small village, about 66 kin from Calcutta and dominated by potato-growers. The place was in news in May 1996, as potatoes worth Rs 15 million rotted inside the Polba Dadpur Cold Storage Cooperative Society Ltd (PDCSC- SL). Flies and insects are dominant in this 4,000-household village today …
If the citizens of Mexico City -known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world -want to breathe cleaner air, they must first take care of their kitchens. For, Sherwood Rowland, an atmospheric chemist working with the University of California has come up with a startling report …
Advocate Kamini Jaiswal has filed a public interest petition in the Supreme Court beseaching it to order the closure of underground gas pipelines till safety measures against leakages are ensured. Jaiswal claims that contractors to the Gas Authority of India and the Oil and Natural Gas Commission have flagrantly flouted …
