The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has formed a task force for the rescue and relief of the citizens during emergency situations.

Concerned official circles in Madhya Pradesh are now in the action mode and have started defining the strategy to “leave behind the grim legacy of Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984 and carve out a future and build Bhopal as a global environment city” as emphasised by Prime Minister’s advisor Sam Pitroda during his visit to the state capital earlier this month.

Mr Pitroda, who has agreed to be a mentor for the state government for achieving this objective, has also told the state government that the goal of developing Bhopal as an “environment-friendly global city” should be achieved within five years.

German company GIZ, which has offered to airlift the highly-dangerous toxic waste from Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant for disposal in Germany, has raised “doubts” about the logistic support facilities at Bhopal airport for handling of such sophisticated cargo to avoid any environment problem.

The Centre, which though had decided to engage GIZ for disposing the 350 tonnes of highly-dangerous toxic waste of methyl isocyanate left in the UCIL plant after the 1984 gas leak disaster, has left it to the company to make independent assessment of the airport facilities.

Bhopal: All the inaccessible villages of Madhya Pradesh will be linked with all-weather roads by the year 2013.

Five non-government organisations representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Monday described the latest decision taken at the meeting of Group of Ministers to send 350 tonnes of hazardous waste from the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant to Germany for safe disposal was a vindication of their long-standing demand on the issue.

They described this as a “minor but significant victory” in their 22 year long battle. At a press conference here, the organisations pointed out that the GoM’s decision has highlighted the toxic nature of Union Carbide’s waste and the ongoing dangers posed by the thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste in and around the abandoned pesticide factory.

A German firm selected to remove toxic waste from the Bhopal gas leak site has said it would require over 4,000 special containers approved by the United Nations as well as trained experts for the

MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed gratitude to Advisor to Prime Minister and chairman of National Innovation Council Sam Pitroda for his State visit and has urged him to become

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to ensure that prices of fertilisers including DAP are not increased this year.

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed gratitude towards Advisor to Prime Minister and Chairman of National Innovation Council Shri Sam Pitroda for his state visit and has urged hi

Advisor to the Prime Minister, Shri Sam Pitroda called on Chief Secretary Shri R. Parasuram and other senior officers at Mantralaya today after arriving at Bhopal.