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 …
Chemical, Radiation & Biological Toxicity Rampant, Says Study Balwant Garg | TNN Bathinda: After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab
Says soil contaminated, could lead to spread of radiation during rains The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to cement the decrepit road in the Mayapuri industrial area, where a radioactive substance was found in April. The subsequent radiation leak had claimed one life …
New Delhi: Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking sealing of Mayapuri scrap market where radioactive isotope was found recently, Delhi high court has issued notice to the authorities. A division bench of HC sought response of the government on a petition by a lawyer who said people living …
Post Mayapuri radiation incident, all stake-holders including regulators, woke up to a stark reality. It cannot be business as usual. The mistaken notion of a few academics about the concept of
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) dismissed the claims of an international agency which claimed that the Mayapuri scrap market has high levels of radiation. In a statement, the AERB admitted there was some contamination in local spots but it could not pose any health detriment. Also the scrap dealers …
New Delhi: Following reports of high radiation levels at Mayapuri scrap market, a special team of experts from the department of atomic energy (DAE) have started the decontamination procedure on Sunday. According to the experts, the radiation level at Mayapuri is
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Experts from the Department of Atomic Energy, assisted by Greenpeace activists, on Sunday carried out decontamination operations at the Mayapuri market in West Delhi following reports of the presence of high levels of radiation in the scrap there. This exercise follows a meeting of the experts …
Identifies 6 Hotspots Around Shop Where Irradiator Was Kept New Delhi: Radiation experts from an international NGO scanned the Mayapuri scrap market area on Friday and claimed that there was still dangerously high level of radioactive contamination in the area. According to the experts, there are six
A Month after the Delhi University's Chemistry Department was found responsible for the Cobalt 60 radiation leak at Mayapuri that killed one and injured several, a high-level Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has been set up to examine the issue of 'handling of radioactive material'. With officials from the Department of …
Bill to provide for civil liability for nuclear damage, appointment of claims commissioner, establishment of nuclear damage claims commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on May 7, 2010. The main features of the …
Perhaps, If It Cost Us More To Throw, We Will Learn Not To Throw More The crisis of radioactive cobalt found in the scrap of Delhi's recycling market is over, for now. But let us be clear: Mayapuri is not just about the negligence of Delhi university. It is about …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has identified and accounted for all the cobalt-60 radioactive sources originally present in the gamma cell irradiator of the Chemistry Department of Delhi University. Stating this in a pres release here on Wednesday, the AERB said that the sources would …
New Delhi: Less than a week after HRD minister Kapil Sibal asked it to come up with regulations, University Grants Commission on Tuesday set up a fivemember panel headed by G K Rath of the department of radiology, AIIMS, to frame guidelines on the use, storage and disposal of radioactive …
It is time India properly handles a major problem The recent high-profile cobalt radiation exposure case in Delhi is a warning signal for bigger disasters waiting to happen. While the reported incident is not commonplace, India is home to a large and rapidly growing inventory of hazardous waste. Much of …
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Mayapuri radiation leak incident caused by sale of radioactive material by a Delhi University department, the Delhi Government has issued guidelines and advisories to all heads of hospitals, medical centres, diagnostic centres and medical labs using radioactive equipment and consumables for their safe …
The state health department issued fresh guidelines on Monday to hospitals and nursing homes for the proper use, maintenance and disposal of radioactive sources. The advisory comes weeks after radioactive Cobalt-60 found at the Mayapuri scrap market claimed one life and injured six others. The guidelines
Committee inspects departments for radiation levels, checks disposal system of medical and bio-waste As a fallout of the recent case of radioactive exposure in Delhi, the Panjab University on Monday formed a standing committee to inspect the science departments where radioactive material was used. The radioactive material in Delhi was …
