Supreme court has ordered disposal of Bhopal toxic waste
Supreme Court orders incineration of Bhopal's toxic waste at non-functional treatment facility in Dhar district. Read full text of this order by the apex court.
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CSE presents comprehensive action plan for waste disposal and remediation
Almost every study done to measure the impact of the waste dumped within and outside the site by UCIL has come up with one conclusion there is large-scale contamination in the soil and water of the area where the factory is located. In the first initiative of its kind, New Delhi-based research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has analysed all the studies and their conclusions. CSE released the key findings of its analysis and also released a comprehensive action plan for ridding the site of this contamination.
SC orders disposal of toxic waste in 6 months
SC gave 6 months to the Central and the MP governments to dispose of toxic waste lying in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal for the past 28 years. Read this order.
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Bhopals toxic links with Indore
People in Indore and the adjoining Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh are protesting the incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste near their homes. The waste disposal facility in Pithampur in Dhar district was completed recently. On March 18, the Madhya Pradesh state pollution control board allowed Ramky Enviro, the private company operating the facility, to start trial runs.
Not learning from Bhopal
We have no protocol for handling chemical accidents, managing medical relief or fixing the liability of polluters
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The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
The National Green Tribunal Act 2010 approved by the President of India on June 2, 2010. It provides for establishment of National Green Tribunal- a special fast-track court for speedy disposal of environment-related civil cases.
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010
Bill to provide for civil liability for nuclear damage, appointment of claims commissioner, establishment of nuclear damage claims commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Bhopal: The inside story
On the night of December 2, 1984, forty tons of deadly methyl isocyanate leaked out of a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, killing thousands and injuring many more.
Bhopal: Industrial genocide?
The deaths in Bhopal caused by Union Carbide's noxious fumes should not have happened at all. Equally unnecessary and unwarranted is the continuing suffering of those who managed to survive. Situations that caused a tragedy of such magnitude could and should have been averted.
