Environment

Discussion in the Lok Sabha on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Uncorrected text of the discussion on Bhopal Gas Tragedy in Lok Sabha on Aug 11, 2010 centered on who was responsible for plight of the tragedy victims and who helped former chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, to escape to the US

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Bhopal Gas Disaster, Environment, Industrial Disasters, Health Effects, Madhya Pradesh, Government Of India (GOI), Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide
Environment

Disturbing aspects of the case

A case under various sections of IPC was registered against then Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson and several functionaries of the company for causing immense loss to human and cattle life. But it has not been handled with due care. There are so many disturbing aspects of the whole episode, reports N D Sharma from Bhopal.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2010
N D Sharma
Power Politics
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11
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Bhopal Gas Disaster, Environment, Industrial Disasters, Health Effects, Corruption, Supreme Court, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Union Carbide
Environment

Bhopal: The tragedy of collective amnesia

Methyl isocyanate (MIC) is a relatively simple chemical; its formula, CH3

Publication Date: 
25/06/2010
P. Balaram
Current Science
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1547
Tags:
Environment, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Court, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Current Science, Toxic Wastes, P. Balaram, Health Effects
Environment

Chronic denial of justice

Anxiously aiting outside the court of the chief judicial
magistrate Mohan M Tiwari in Bhopal on 7 June, 36-year
old Raghu Jaidev and many other victims of the Bhopal
catastrophe were crestfallen, some of them,outraged,upon hearing
the outcome of the trial that had dragged on for almost two decades. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
12/06/2010
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Health Effects, Environment, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Poverty, Union Carbide, Court, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Madhya Pradesh, Economic and Political Weekly, Industrial Disasters
Hazardous Waste

Bhopal as a parable of compromise

Why blame the chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal for his tame ruling, when he was left with little choice after the collective compromise by the government, the CBI and the Supreme Court, asks V Krishna Ananth

Publication Date: 
11/06/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Poisonous Gases, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Economic Times (New Delhi)
Hazardous Waste

Anderson: The man who got away

Nearing 90, the CEO of Union Carbide at the time of the disaster lives the life of a recluse in a multi-million dollar home in NY

Publication Date: 
08/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Times Of India (New Delhi)
Hazardous Waste

SC shot down move to slap tough charges

New Delhi: It will be unkind to blame the trial court for handing out mild punishments to the Bhopal gas leak accused whose collective negligence caused an industrial catastrophe. For, the court

Publication Date: 
08/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Times Of India (New Delhi)
Hazardous Waste

Justice delayed, denied

Over 25 yrs after the world

Publication Date: 
08/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, High Court, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Times Of India (New Delhi)
Hazardous Waste

Bhopal gas disaster victims used to getting rough deal

New Delhi: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have, it seems, become used to injustice. On Monday, seven influential officers of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) were convicted by a court with a mere two-year sentence for causing the world

Publication Date: 
08/06/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, CSE, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Hazardous Waste

Bhopal verdict: Survivors furious, want death penalty

Emotions ran high among relatives and survivors of the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal as they demanded capital punishment after eight senior officials of the Union Carbide were convicted today only of death due to criminal negligence.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Health Effects, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Central Chronicle (Bhopal), Toxic Wastes

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