Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
All through June 2005, people living around the Union Carbide factory site in Bhopal found chemical dust blowing through the air, accompanied by bad odours. The haze came from the factory site where, 21 years after the Bhopal gas leak, state authorities have finally embarked on a cleanup. This cleanup …
Scientists have detected an overload of radioactive compounds in the flyash in villages surrounding the 1,260 megawatt Kolaghat Thermal Power Station in West Bengal's Midnapur district. In addition, the tube well water in these villages contain very high levels of toxic elements. While the flyash was found containing high levels …
Serious violations of environmental norms by pesticide manufacturers came to our notice through this shocking account by researchers from the department of zoology, Delhi University. They visited Chinhat Industrial Area near Lucknow and found stark evidence of toxic waste containing residues of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) being disposed of by the units …
The European Parliament appealed to India on December 16, 2004, to immediately clean up the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. A resolution adopted by the EU assembly recently "calls on the governments of India and Madhya Pradesh to ensure the effective and prompt decontamination and clean-up of the …
even as the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy is observed, the toxic substances stored in the ill-fated Union Carbide factory continue contaminating the site. But there is hope of a cleanup once a us federal court, looking into the issue, pins down the responsibility on us-based Dow …
September 30, 2004. Eleven trucks carrying imported metal scrap trundled into Sahibabad-based Bhushan Steels and Stripes Limited (BSSL), a steel smelting and rolling unit. One of them exploded, killing 10 workers
backtracking from nuclear shutdown, the eu has declared its intention of building new nuclear power plants in the coming 50 years. The excuse is climate change. The declaration came soon after the eu executive revised the proposals for nuclear safety and waste management legislation on September 8, 2004. Environmentalists allege …
Clemenceau, the decommissioned and rusty French aircraft carrier is all set to come to India to be taken apart after being refused entry by Greece and Turkey. It was taken off the hands of a Spanish contractor who unexpectedly tried to remove it from eu waters. The vessel will be …
the use of mercury (Hg) in India's healthcare sector constitutes a major threat to public health. While merely 1 gramme (gm) of mercury is enough to contaminate a lake bigger than 8 hectares, an average hospital in Delhi releases about 3 kilogrammes (kg) of the metal annually, according to a …
a move is afoot in the us to soft-pedal on the issue of disposal of dangerous radioactive wastes. The us Senate recently approved a measure included in the Defense Authorisation Funding Bill that would allow the department of energy (doe) to reclassify lethal high-level radioactive waste in South Carolina as …
admitting that the abandoned Union Carbide plant in Bhopal has polluted the groundwater of nearby areas, the Supreme Court (sc) has directed the Madhya Pradesh (mp) government to immediately start supplying drinking water by tankers to 12 colonies in the plant's vicinity. The directive on May 7, 2004, has come …
faced with the threat of exposure to toxic waste, the people of a few nondescript villages of Tamil Nadu (tn) exhibited remarkable unity and resolve to register their protest. They were ably supported in this endeavour by civil society representatives. It was as if a storm hit the Kancheepuram collectorate …
Thanks to an alert sounded by activists, the Indian authorities could take timely action to prevent dumping of toxic waste. Pressure group Greenpeace had raised an alarm about the Norwegian ship Hesperus
Exactly what is the new millenium all about? Some call it the time of the information technology (it) revolution. Some say it is globalisation turning mature. But, as one looks for ways to name the present, there pops up a phrase with a murky neologism in it: the new millenium …
Two environmental groups of western Pennsylvania, USA, have sued a company that disposed of toxic wastes at community dumpsites, contaminating wells and hurting property values. The groups are suing Beazer East, which acquired Koppers Co
