Germany has become the latest address to reject a parcel from the now defunct plant of Union Carbide in Bhopal, even before it began its journey.

Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, has gone from being the City of Lakes to the city of industries, whether it's electrical
goods, medicinal, cotton, chemicals or jewelry. Its Old City has given way to a sprawling new city that is buzz with modern development and a publishing boom, whether it's Hindi dailies or translations of Harry Potter. The city is considered to be one of the greenest cities of India and has a mesmerizing fusion of scenic beauty, old historic city and modern urban planning.

As governments grapple with mounting quantities of waste and draft policies to tackle it, waste pickers who earn their livelihood from collection, segregation and disposal of waste still remain neglected, reveals a new study by a non-government organisation.

Accessing the welfare programmes and the prevalent rules for waste management in 14 major cities, Chintan, an environment action and research group, in its report ‘Failing the Grade’ has claimed that there was no city that has fully implemented the rules and policies for waste pickers.

Public Health Engineering Minister Shri Gaurishankar Bisen has urged the Union Government that instead of solution to drinking water arrangements by installing hand pumps, the Union Government shou

Bhopal A city-based engineering major has inked an agreement with a Denmark-based firm and the Defence Research Organisation to develop 'green toilets' for railways in a bid to keep trains, platforms and tracks clean and free from filth and corrosion.

"Under the railways ambitious green toilet scheme two types of toilets based on vacuum and bacteria technology would be installed in trains in order to keep them green and clean," Daulat Ram Industries Chairman and Managing Director, Satish Sharma said here today.

It is becoming clearer by the day that the life of a dogged RTI activist is always at risk. (Editorial)

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to take action against Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, a private medical college in Madhya Pradesh set up inside the catchment area of the historic Upper Lake of Bhopal.

In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan last month, a copy of which is withThe Hindu, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh informed Mr.

A Central Pollution Control Board survey has revealed that there has been a substantial increase in the presence of Total Dissolved Solids, chloride, alkalinity and few other substances in ground water in the State, Vivek Trivedi reports

The growing urbanisation and industrialisation is taking its toll on the environment mostly in urban settings and apart from other things, these factors are af

LALIT SHASTR
BHOPAL
The Jabalpur HC on Tuesday issued an order directing the government of India to submit compliance and present the report of the Task Force Committee latest by January 25, 2011 in response to a petition to fix the liability for the removal of the toxic waste lying abandoned at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.

The high court also ordered that the merger agreement

Wants Union Carbide Corp, Mcleod Russel India, Union Carbide India to increase compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore.

The government on Friday moved the Supreme Court, seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in which more than 5,000 people were killed due to leakage of poisonous gas from the Union Carbide

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