Environment

Pollution Is Not Above Board, Nor In Control

AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2011
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Toxic Wastes, CSE, Hazardous Waste, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Bhopal, Uranium Corporation Of India Ltd (UCIL), Court
Habitat And Urbanisation

Take early decision on handing over National Highways in Madhya Pradesh to State Government

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P Joshi urging for an early decision on handing over to the State Government the Nation

Publication Date: 
11/08/2011
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Highways, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Roads, Bhopal
Hazardous Waste

Levy proposed on importers of hazardous materials

The Environment Ministry has proposed that a refundable levy be imposed on those importing hazardous materials into the country, to ensure that goods are picked up from the ports within a stipulate

Publication Date: 
26/07/2011
Priscilla Jebaraj
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Mumbai, Bhopal, Waste Disposal, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways
Hazardous Waste

Whose toxic waste is it anyway?

An indifferent parent, dithering states and a lethargic Centre have allowed Union Carbide’s deadly waste to poison the soil and groundwater in Bhopal Oliver Twist would feel for the 350 million tonnes of toxic chemicals still sitting inside the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bhopal, Union Carbide, Toxic Wastes, Groundwater, Soil Resources, Maharashtra, Nagpur (T), Hazardous Waste, CSE, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uranium Corporation Of India Ltd (UCIL)
Environment

First sitting of National Green Tribunal to be held on July 4

There is good news on the environment front for Green warriors.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Pioneer (New Dehi)
Tags:
Environment, Supreme Court, Delhi, Chennai (D), Kolkata, Bhopal, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Water Supply

Citizens to get adequate Narmada water: Gaur

The State Government has fulfilled the long-cherished demand of citizens of Bhopal by completing Narmada Water Augmentation project. Now, the citizens will get adequate supply of drinking water.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2011
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Narmada, Drinking Water, Water Supply
Environment

Supreme Court order on CBI's curative petition against 1996 apex court judgement on Bhopal gas tragedy.




This Supreme Court order dated May 11, 2011 dismissed CBI's curative petition against the 1996 apex court judgement on Bhopal gas tragedy that diluted the criminal charges against UCIL top brass including its Bhopal unit head Keshub Mahendra.

 

Publication Date: 
13/05/2011
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Bhopal Gas Disaster, Environment, Industrial Disasters, Court, Health Effects, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Supreme Court, Union Carbide, Corporate Legal Accountability
Environment

Too Much Goodwill

With no dearth of causes, there

Publication Date: 
07/02/2011
Pragya Singh
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
NGO, Child Labour, Mining, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Ministry Of Rural Development, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Coal
Environment

Has the UPA govt betrayed Bhopal disaster victims?

The victims of Bhopal disaster and activists have slammed the government’s decision, to not intervene in the case against Union Carbide corporation in a New York court. Noted social activist and lawyer Gopal Krishna has written this letter to Maneka Gandhi, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Government Assurances, to bring the issue to notice of the committee.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2010
Gopal Krishna
Canary Trap
Tags:
Bhopal Gas Disaster, Environment, Bhopal, India, Industrial Disasters, Union Carbide
Health

Cancer in Bhopal: comparison of cancer patterns in MIC affected and unaffected areas (1988-2007)

This Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) report of twenty years of data from 1988 to 2007 compares the magnitude and patterns of cancer between areas affected by the methyl isocyanate (MIC) leak and the unaffected areas of Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2010
National Cancer Registry Programme
Tags:
Cancer, Bhopal, India, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Health Effects, Tobacco Related Cancer, Industrial Disasters, Health

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