Environment

Letter of D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India to PM Manmohan Singh on Bhopal Gas Disaster

On August 9th, 2007, Mr. D.Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India, wrote a strong letter on the matter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accusing the PM's office of treating Dow and not Bhopal survivors as the victims of an injustice. The Prime Minister replied on August 17th.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2007
Prime Ministers Office
Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Court, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), United States Of America (US), Madhya Pradesh, Prime Ministers Office, New Delhi, Water Pollution
India

 Clean up plan for Union Carbide waste in Bhopal raises concern

the controversial move by the Madhya Pradesh government to incinerate some waste from the the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has met with stiff opposition. Civil society groups have strongly

Publication Date: 
14/07/2007
Nandita Chibber, Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Bhopal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Landfill, Waste Incineration, Conflicts, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, High Court, NGO, India, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes
Environment

 An alternative plan

The road map prepared by the ngos calls for a review of all scientific studies conducted at the Bhopal site since 1989. The threats the waste poses to workers, local residents and the environment

Publication Date: 
14/07/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Compensation, Health Care, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, NGO, Toxic Wastes
Environment

Supreme court judgment on re-examine the inadequacy of Bhopal Gas settlement

The present two interlocutory applications are filed by the applicants, (i) Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan (

Publication Date: 
05/04/2007
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), India
Hazardous Waste

Toxic legacy

Ratan Tata's offer to help find funds to remove the toxic waste in UCC's Bhopal plant is inconsistent with the `polluter pays' principle.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2007
V.Venkatesan
Frontline
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2
0
Tags:
Industrial Waste, Waste Management, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Tata Motors, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Toxic Wastes
Environment

Prime Ministers office in an internal note, responding to Ratan Tata

Prime Minister

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Prime Ministers Office
Tags:
Bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India
Environment

Ratan Tata writes to Prime Minister reiterating his proposal that the private sector could contribute to ...

Ratan Tata writes to Prime Minister reiterating his proposal that the private sector could contribute to create a remediation fund for clean up of the site.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Tata Group
Tags:
Bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India
Environment

Bhopal Gas Tragedy - Preparedness and management of chemical disaster

Massive releases of agents intentionally or unintentionally can be disruptive to the lines of individuals at many levels. In 1984, the release of toxic Methylisocyanate gas had occurred suddenly and without warning from the union carbide plant in Bhopal. This disaster had created thousands of casualties thereby overwhelming local, health and medical resources.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Nupur Chakravorty, R.K. Jain, R.C. Agarwal
Indian Journal of Trauma Anaesthesia & Crictical Care
8
1
566
Tags:
Environment, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Health Effects
Environment

International Campaign for justice in Bhopal

Warren Anderson, Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal is summoned along with UCC to appear before a court in Bhopal to face criminal charges of culpable homicide. Since 1992 he and the corporation have been refusing to appear and have been declared "absconders from justice".

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Amit Garg, Abhiroop Chatterjee, Prashant Sharma & et al
Networking and Advocacy
Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Poverty, Union Carbide, Government Of India (GOI), NGO, Madhya Pradesh, Groundwater Pollution
Environment

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata writes to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata writes to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia saying that it is critical for Dow to have the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer withdraw their application for a financial deposit by them against the remediation cost. This is because this application implies that the government of India is

Publication Date: 
26/11/2006
Tata Group
Tags:
Bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India

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