Gujarat pollution board washes hands of creating buffer zones around waste treatment facilities

Even as disposal and treatment of waste in Gujarat continues to pose a threat to residents in urban and rural areas, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has washed its hand of any responsibility of buffering residential and commercial estates from waste treatment facilities under its jurisdiction. It has told the Union environment ministry that there are “practical issues” related to creating buffer zones around such facilities.

‘Government of MP has always tried to fudge data’

What has been the response of Madhya Pradesh government on questions regarding supply of clean drinking water? Interviewee:  Rachna Dhingra

Beyond Bhopal: incentive for unsafe industries

Luck plays in strange ways. I was reaching for my scooter when the telephone rang in my office-cum-residence in Bhopal.

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

No trial incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste in Nagpur

In a temporary relief to Nagpur residents, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has turned down the Centre’s plea for a trial run of burning toxic waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) incineration facility in the city. The waste has been lying in the plant premises in Bhopal for the past 27 years. Maharashtra has been resisting Madhya Pradesh’s attempt to dispose of the waste in Nagpur.  

Nagpur village moves court against Bhopal's toxic waste incineration

Residents of village Ruikhairi near Nagpur have moved court against the proposal to burn the toxic waste from the Union carbide factory in Bhopal  at the waste facility of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) near their homes.

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

People in the villages around Ratlam are paying a heavy price for living near the industrial town in Madhya Pradesh. Their groundwater has been polluted by over 23,500 tonnes of hazardous waste dumped at two factory premises and other sites in Ratlam. The quantity of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal city—350 tonnes—is only a fraction of Ratlam’s toxic legacy, but it has been written about much more.

SC refuses to restore stiffer charges for Bhopal disaster accused

In a major setback to families of victims who suffered the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, dismissed the curative petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to increase the punishment of the accused. The curative petition was filed in August last year against an order of the Supreme Court that diluted charges against the accused in 1996. The court said that the CBI approached the court after 14 years and there were no sufficient grounds to invoke the curative jurisdiction.

SC begins hearing curative petition in Bhopal gas tragedy

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI for approaching the court after a gap of 16 years and not filing a review petition during these years.

SC notices on Bhopal gas disaster compensation

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre's plea seeking increase in compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore.