Poisonous Gases

Reply by the BMC regarding pollution by PNG cemetery at Borivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 11/12/2024

Reply by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the matter of Mamta Samir Shirali Vs The authorities of new crematorium, Boriwali & Others dated 11/12/2024. Mamta Samir Shirali resident of Borivali (W), Mumbai in her application to the NGT said that the authorities responsible for running new crematoriums at Borivali, Babhai/Vazira …

Bhopal as a parable of compromise

Why blame the chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal for his tame ruling, when he was left with little choice after the collective compromise by the government, the CBI and the Supreme Court, asks V Krishna Ananth EVEN a child with an elementary sense of justice is bound to be outraged …

Gas leak scare in Hooghly village

CHINSURAH, 8 JUNE: A day after the country saw the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict being delivered, villagers in Haripal block of Hooghly got quite a scare, after many fell ill, alleging that gas emitted from a local factory, Himadri Chemicals, led to the incident. They staged a demonstration complaining that …

Three workers die due to toxic gas in manhole

Three cleaners who went into a manhole in a banquet hall at Adarsh Nagar area died from toxic gases on Tuesday afternoon. According to the police, the incident was reported to them around 1.35 pm from Badhai Banquet Hall. The police said that while two of the victims had gone …

Gurgaon gets Rs 65 lakh sewage suction machine

After Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, the Gurgaon civic body has also purchased a Rs 65-lakh super suction pump and a dumping tanker to free sewage lines of sludge. According to Gurgaon municipal commissioner Rajesh Khullar, the machine was first used in Chakkapur village on trial basis. The corporation now plans …

Women still affected even 25 yrs after gas disaster

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 that either the woman would …

Gas leak spurs panic in Jemco

Panic gripped a slum in Jemco, situated close to Tata Steel

Clear the air (editorial)

New emission norms are all very well; just how will they be enforced? The government

Overnight, air is more poisonous - same limit for homes, factories

New Delhi, Nov. 18: India has revised standards for air quality for the first time in 15 years in a move that environmental experts say will overnight tar more cities and localities across the country as polluted beyond limits. The new standards notified by the environment ministry have lowered maximum …

Public meet demands closure of pollution creating coke plants

The local public of Baihata Chariali, Kamalpur and Puthimari areas under Rangiya subdivision have strongly demanded closure of the coke industries at Dolmagate near Puthimari and Kamalpur. In a meeting held recently at Baihata Chariali, a resolution was adopted demanding immediate closure of the coke plants and a memorandum was …

Highway diversion survey ends

Hazaribagh, July 29: As the survey for construction of a diversion on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33) near Kujju came to an end today, another fire was reported at an abandoned mine near here. The survey team prepared a report and forwarded it to the state. In the report, the team identified …

They risk their lives to clean your drains

Sukh Ram strips to his bare minimum and slithers into a stinky manhole as traffic whizzes above him. With no masks to protect against odious fumes, no protective gloves and a primitive spade as a tool, his job is to clean a choked drain of muck so that it does …

HC asks for PWD report in sewer case

New Delhi: After a TOI report last week that highlighted deaths of sewerage workers due to lack of facilities, the Delhi High Court has demanded a report from PWD in this regard. It has asked PWD that why despite HC orders to provide safety equipment to sewerage workers the situation …

Two PWD workers die while cleaning sewer

Two safai karmachari with the Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi, died a tragic death on Thursday afternoon when the sewer they were working on in the Model Town area started emanating poisonous gases and they inhaled the same. The incident took place at about 1 pm, when three labourers got …

Air Industry Chiefs Call For Global Emissions Deal

Aviation leaders called on Monday for a global carbon emissions scheme for their industry, arguing that an emerging patchwork of regional and national systems could bring more, not less, environmental damage. The call, from airlines, plane and engine manufacturers, air traffic control organizations and airports, was twinned with a pledge …

55 villagers hospitalised after gas leak in Navi Mumbai

Mumbai: Panic gripped the residents of Pawane village in Navi Mumbai after ammonia gas leaked from a nearby cold storage in the wee hours of Tuesday. At least 55 villagers were admitted to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation hospital after they complained of uneasiness and problem in breathing after inhaling …

2 ill after gas leak

Bokaro, Feb. 25: Two employees of Bokaro Steel fell unconscious after a gas leak at a steel melting shop-II this morning. The condition of the two

Methane leaves 15 students unconscious

DC orders inquiry into alleged JMC negligence Fifteen students of Shri Mahavir Jain Higher Secondary School fell unconscious here this morning after they came in contact with methane gas that emanated from a cesspit of a house. The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) staff was cleaning the septic tank in a …

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