Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: Even as it pursues its case to make Dow Chemical pay for the clean-up of the Bhopal gas leak site, the Centre has decided to spend about Rs. 250 crore towards complete remediation.

S. Viswanathan

With a former Chairman of Union Carbide India Limited, Keshub Mahindra, and seven others convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a trial court, the 26-year-old Bhopal tragedy case has reached a new stage.

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: Activists and groups representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak are asking if the government is letting the Dow Chemical off the hook by deciding to pay for the clean-up of the contaminated site.

The Centre seems to have forgotten the findings of a high-level technical committee it had formed immediately after the Bhopal gas tragedy, which had slammed the Union Carbide Corporation saying it was

Deliberating on remediation measures, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday considered a number of clean-up options, including building a memorial and burying part of the toxic waste at the disaster site in Bhopal where the Union Carbide factory is located.

Smita Gupta

New Delhi: Environmentalists and activists who have been tracking the Bhopal gas tragedy case say the current ownership of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant should make no material difference to the case against Dow Chemicals.

Sukalp Sharma

Sriram Panchu

The government should arrange for a current calculation of compensation requirements, provide the balance funds, and ensure speedy disbursement.