Latha Jishnu / New Delhi December 06, 2008, 0:21 IST
India's worst terrorist attack occurred not in Mumbai last month, but in Bhopal 24 years ago - and it's the kind of carnage that goes unheeded.

Pune, November 24 Saturday's fire at Elkay Chemicals Pvt Ltd, could have led to a major disaster in the Pimpri-Chinchwad-Bhosari industrial belt housing nearly 5,000 small, medium and large industries.

THERE was panic in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Saturday afternoon, when thick smoke, visible from afar, snaked skyward in Bhosari area.

The cause was a major fire at ELKAY Chemicals Pvt. Limited and Shivam Industries. The fire that broke out at around 3.40 pm raged till 6.30 pm, when it was finally brought under control. No casualty was reported. But there were some injuries.

BY LALIT K. JHA
NEW YORK

The lawsuit was filed in 2004 by a group of people who live in the vicin- ity of the pesticide plant in Bhopal
A New York court has reinstated a case filed against Union Carbide by residents of Bhopal who claim to have suffered serious health problems due to a gas leak from the company

BHUBANESWAR: At least four persons were killed after inhaling poisonous gas that emanated from a steel plant in Orissa

Dow Chemicals may run into trouble with its Indian investments. On August 8, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizer Ram Vilas Paswan met some of the victims of the Bhopal gas leak disaster at their protest site in New Delhi and promised them action against the company. An empowered committee would be formed within two months to oversee the cleanup work at the Union Carbide site, heavily