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 …
A two-day national seminar, organised by three organisations, will be held on December 1 to draw attention towards the plight of Bhopal gas tragedy victims on its 25th anniversary. Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti (BGPSSS), All India People's Science Network (AIPSN) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) had …
Vivek Trivedi | Bhopal Non-Governmental Organisations representing the Bhopal gas survivors are making all out efforts to cash in on the special occasion of 25th anniversary of the infamous disaster. These NGOs through a series of events to mark the occasion, are hogging all the limelight at present. These NGOs …
Kumar Shakti Shekhar | Bhopal Even 25 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, there are several families in Bhopal where the women are not getting married. If in some cases, the gas-affected women are suffering from gynaecological disorders, in others no family is ready to take them in marriage suspecting …
For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.
The agitators and the activists of Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Sangharsh Morcha burnt the effigy of the new owner of Union Carbide Factory, the Dow Chemicals, USA, in front of Lily Talkies on Sunday. Various slogans were raised in the agitation against the company. President of the organisation Balkrishna Namdev, …
BHOPAL: Pointing to years of alleged official neglect by the Central and State governments, the organisations putting in serious efforts to bring justice to the kin of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have once again expressed concern over the manner in which the whole issue has been treated …
The comprehensive survey report conducted in 15 communities surrounding the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)plant site in Bhopal. Reveals that tens of thousands of people are being poisoned with deadly chemicals even 25 years after the Bhopal Gas Disaster on 3rd December 1984. Shows that the site of the disaster …
Harish Joshi | TNN Bharuch: The Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Limited (BEIL) management on Wednesday said no solid waste from Bhopal will be incinerated in their facility at Bharuch. It stated in an official release,
Three organisations working for welfare of those affected by the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims warned the Madhya Pradesh government today to fulfil its promise of providing clean water to the victims before the tragedy's 25th anniversary failing which they will be compelled to take ''direct action.'' Leaders of the …
Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has invited protests from the victims and activists of the Bhopal gas tragedy as also from the Bharatiya Janshakti, Shiv Sena and Hindu Manch for sound-bytes lasting for less than half-a-minute. Ramesh's remarks that "the truth about (gas tragedy) is uncomfortable" and "I …
Sudhir Singh Sept. 13: Quite apart from confounding his party colleagues by describing Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah as the "Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh" (or holy trinity) of Indian politics, a more important announcement made by Union MoS for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh during his visit to the state capital on …
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 …
