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.
It is 25 years of the Bhopal gas disaster—the night when chemicals spewed out of the Union Carbide factory to kill and maim thousands over generations.
Natural breeding of gharyals in the Chambal river has come as a ray of hope after the existence of the species was endangered with more than 100 of them dying due to a toxic chemical from end of 2007 to early 2008. The actual number of ghariyals is still unclear as the census would be carried out in February.
The lead counsel for the victims of toxic contamination here against Union Carbide in an American court, on Thursday said that time was ripe for the Centre to take legal action to hold Carbide accountable for proper environmental remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater.
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12.
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12.
Our ruling elites consider the lives and livelihoods of the poor expendable in the pursuit of development, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL
Eight days ago, India marked a sombre remembrance
