Environment

Assessment and remediation of hazardous waste contaminated areas in and around M/s Union Carbide India Ltd: presentation

Assessment and remediation of hazardous waste contaminated areas in and around M/s Union Carbide India Ltd, Bhopal (NEERI & NGRI) and tender document for detoxification, decommissioning and dismantling of UCIL Plant (IICT).

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Environment, Bhopal, Waste Disposal, Bio-Remediation, Hazardous Waste, Mercury, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Pesticides
Environment

The Bhopal tragedy verdict: can India handle industrial disasters?

The recent verdict on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984 has drawn attention to India

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Amitendu Palit
Institute of South Asian Studies
Tags:
Bhopal, Environment, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, India, Singapore, Institute of South Asian Studies, Amitendu Palit, Industrial Disasters
Industry

Technical and tender document for detoxification, decommissioning and dismantling of the UCIL Plant, Bhopal

Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), manufactured a pesticide called Sevin, at the production facility in Bhopal, for which one of the raw materials is Methylisocyanate (MIC). MIC was also being produced in an adjacent plant.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2010
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Tags:
Pesticides, Bhopal, Pesticide Industry, Union Carbide, India, Madhya Pradesh, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Industry
Environment

Disaster tourism

The CSE

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Bhopal Gas Disaster, Toxicity Studies, CSE Study, Union Carbide, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Madhya Pradesh
Environment

Ongoing tragedy

The victims are yet to be adequately compensated or given proper medical help; their water sources are yet to be decontaminated.

At Arif Nagar slum, a toxic waste yard next to the boundary wall of the factory. The accident polluted the soil and groundwater in the neighbourhood to dangerous levels.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Bhopal, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Compensation, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), CSE Study, Union Carbide, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), NGO, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes
Environment

25 years of shame

The government

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
Praful Bidwai
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes
Water Pollution

Groundwater slow poison in Bhopal'

Twenty-five years after Union Carbide's accursed chemical plant spewed 42 tonnes of poisonous methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, killing 8,00010,000 people, and debilitating thousands of others, a study conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that toxic waste lying at the plant premises still contaminates the city's land and water.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Pesticides, Bhopal, Heavy Metals, Mercury, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), CSE Study, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh
Environment

Key legal cases on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its aftermath

This fact sheet contains major legal cases concerning Bhopal Gas Tragedy.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Bhopal, Waste Disposal, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, CSE, India
Environment

What is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal

This fact sheet contains what is being done regarding toxic waste at Union Carbide, Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Bhopal, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Toxic Wastes
Habitat And Urbanisation

Bhopal Master Plan-2021

Defining the Bhopal Master Plan-2021 it can be said that the capital city Bhopal would be renovated on the aspect of development- it would be changed into metro city. Presently there are 4 metro cities-Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai in the country. Almost all the capital cities of the big states are going to be changed into metro cities.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2009
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Bhopal, Development, Habitat And Urbanisation, Tourism, Madhya Pradesh

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