Empowered panchayats make for true liberalisation

A myth actively perpetuated by traditional politicians and a supportive bureauracy is that panchayat bodies are India's lowest ranked …

"The management did not adhere to safety norms"

It is 15 years since 60 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked outfrom Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) plant in Bhopal, killing 5,000 people …

‘How can India be a defendant, and not a claimant in the Bhopal case’

Union law minister, Veerappa Moily, on October 27, announced the government will not pursue the ongoing lawsuit in the US for compensating Bhopal …

The chemistry of living death

THE world's biggest industrial disaster has been rendered today its most trivial. Criminal corporate culpability and governmental concern for its …

‘Government of MP has always tried to fudge data’

The Supreme Court, on May 3, asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to start supplying clean drinking water to those localities in the city that …

Beyond Bhopal: incentive for unsafe industries

A judgement by a Bhopal court has brought the worst gas tragedy into spotlight. It has galvanized the media and the government into action. A …

35 years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: I waited for 20 years, but nobody studied autopsy samples

D K Satpathy, former head of the Medico-legal Institute of Madhya Pradesh, had preserved hundreds of autopsy samples of gas victims, but none of …

Bhopal court issues direct summons to Dow Chemical in 1984 gas leak case

Following allegations of non-cooperation from US Department of Justice, a summon has been issued directly to Dow Chemical to appear in the court

Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed

Bhopal gas tragedy exposed how systems of corporate liability remain grossly inadequate in a world that uses high-risk technology

Bhopal Gas Disaster: a tragedy in continuum

32 years after the disaster, about 340 tonnes of hazardous waste remains dumped on the premise of the Union Carbide factory

No pension for 5,000 Bhopal gas tragedy widows for 18 months

Endless wait for Rs 1,000 a month; victims unable to protest due to COVID-19 pandemic  

Remembering the 1982 Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Even after 34 years of the tragedy, the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy are still awaiting justice.

Bhopal Gas Disaster

Thousands killed; a generation left to struggle-but does the world's biggest industrial disaster resonate with today's indians, two-thirds of …

Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study

It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer

Birth defects remain high in Bhopal gas survivors 35 years after disaster

An unpublished ICMR report found 9 per cent newborns of gas victims had birth defects as against 1.3 per cent newborns of non-victims

COVID-19: Deaths of 6 Bhopal gas survivors turn spotlight on healthcare malady

Case of criminal negligence filed against the hospital through a writ petition in Madhya Pradesh High Court

SC refuses to restore stiffer charges for Bhopal disaster accused

But says it does not restrain the sessions court from enhancing the charges against them

Environment as the enemy

We celebrate disruptive financial decisions as a sign of decisive leadership. So why not in the case of environmental emergencies?

Living with Bhopal disaster

A photo chronicle of lives and times of Bhopal gas disaster survivors collated from our archives. Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the …

Bhopal gas tragedy: SC dismisses Centre’s plea for additional compensation from Union Carbide

Government should use the Rs 50 crore lying with the Reserve Bank of India to settle further claims, SC ordered

Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy continue to suffer damage in their DNA: new study

 An increase in chromosomal aberrations was seen even in those who were not exposed or moderately exposed to the gas, shows the study 

Waiting for justice

India had a regulatory system of governance already in place to avoid a disaster as big as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Promises broken, justice delayed

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors continue to suffer as court cases are delayed and government promises prove hollow

Supreme Court presses for better health facilities for Bhopal gas victims

Asks Centre and Madhya Pradesh government to implement standard treatment protocols, and make public studies on the disaster-affected people

Could Bhopal gas victims have got more compensation?

A 1988 confidential letter by JRD Tata to Rajiv Gandhi reveals Union Carbide was willing to pay a higher compensation in case of an out-of-court …