Sankar Ray

Manufacture of MIC became risky as, being a little lighter than water but twice as heavy as air, once the compound escapes into the atmosphere it remains close to the ground to do its deadly work. Exactly that happened in December 1984 together with instant damage to eyes and pulmorary-respiratory tracts, causing chronic bronchitis and emphysema

Facing protests over a plan to incinerate toxic waste of Union Carbide plant in Bhopal at a disposal unit at Pithampur, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured villagers that a study will be conducted and locals taken into confidence before a final view is taken.

Facing protests over a plan to incinerate toxic waste of Union Carbide plant in Bhopal at a disposal unit at Pithampur, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured villagers that a study will be conducted and locals taken into confidence before a final view is taken.

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, the Centre on Thursday admitted that former Union Carbide chairperson Keshub Mahindra

The contamination of soil and groundwater at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal has nothing to do with the 1984 gas leak disaster, according to a study released on Thursday by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. Instead, the toxic wastes were dumped over a much longer period between 1969 and 1984.

India at the two-year sentence given to 86-year-old Keshub Mahindra, a respected industrialist, in the Bhopal gas leak case. Mahindra was chairman of Union Carbide when it happened and there has been a movement of sorts at the apex of Indian industry to get him off.

Sanat Kaul

Oversight Committee To Monitor Waste Disposal Activities At Union Carbide Factory