You really have to hand it to the nuclear industry. In any other sphere of the economy, a major industrial disaster is likely to have adverse, long-term financial consequences for the company or companies whose product or activity was involved in the accident, regardless of actual cause or legal liability.
Bhopal: Victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today demanded adequate compensation from the Centre's Group of Ministers (GoM) panel.
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) Convenor Abdul Jabbar today said the GoM should reconsider its previous decisions vis-a-vis 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims during its meeting in New Delhi today.
''It would be a great injustice if a decision was not
New Delhi: As it prepares to move a Bhopal sessions court to fasten stringent charges under Section 304-II IPC on those held responsible for the Bhopal gas leak case, CBI is recognizing that it may have restricted leeway against the most prominent of those convicted for the disaster, Keshub Mahindra.
MUMBAI: A Rs 1.2-crore experiment has not been able to rid the Mithi of its stink. So the MMRDA is back to its favourite olfactory laboratory in the city, the bed of the Mithi. The MMRDA will commission on July 23 a new experiment to stop the stench at the Vakola nullah.
BERHAMPUR: With Bhopal gas leak case fresh in mind, panic gripped Berhampur on Monday after chlorine gas leaked from a cylinder at a Public Health department store. At least 50 persons were affected and 35 treated in hospital.
The leak was stopped by a team of experts from Jayshree Chemicals, which supplies chlorine to Ganjam town for water purification, after eight hours.
