Energy

Two killed in oil pipeline blast, 60 houses gutted

Indian Oil Corporation is one of Asia

Publication Date: 
14/05/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Energy, Assam, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Hazardous Waste

Bhopal plant disaster situation summary

During the night of 2-3 December 1984, a leak of some 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (India) Limited, a partly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Union Carbide Corporation, caused one of the highest-casualty industrial accidents of the 20th century.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2009
MJ Peterson
University of Massachusetts
Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)
Energy

ONGC borewell in Nellore on fire

Nellore, Oct. 31: The district authorities on Friday alerted the Oil and Natural Gas Commission after noticing fire coming out of a bore drilled in an aqua-culture pond in Mypadu, 30 km away from here. The blaze is emerging around 15 to 20 feet from the ground level and is blue in colour.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Energy, Andhra Pradesh, Nellore (D), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Industry

 Tata offers to take up Bhopal gas tragedy liability

THERE is much controversy over the Tata Group

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industry, Union Carbide, High Court, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh
Mining

 Mechanisation of mining operations still an idea in India

Safety the major casualty in mining

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, India, Jharkhand, Coal India
Hazardous Waste

The Bhopal disaster and its aftermath: a review

On December 3 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and premature death for many thousands more. The company involved in what became the worst industrial accident in history immediately tried to dissociate itself from legal responsibility.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2005
Edward Broughton
Environmental Health
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Pollution, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D)
India

 Memory s nemesis

An anniversary story changes tack, a tragedy continues unabated

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Richard Mahapatra, Surya Sen
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Governance
Mining

 GUYANA

A public enquiry into the leakage of cyanide in August from a gold mine - one of South America's largest - has been stymied because it has run out of witnesses. An "environmental disaster" is

Publication Date: 
14/12/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Industrial Disasters, Guyana
Industry

 Safety takes back seat to big bucks

China's industrial units have become death traps, as entrepreneurs on the run for a quick buck pay little heed to their workers' safety

Publication Date: 
29/09/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Occupational Safety, Industrial Disasters, Industry, China
India

 Useful guide to industrial pollution

THIS book is part of a project on technology transfer, transformation and development implemented by United Nations University (UNU), a UN organ established in 1972 to conduct research related to

Publication Date: 
14/09/1992
S Mukherjee
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Japan

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