‘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 …
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 …
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
The Bhopal in us
As a society we have never felt the venom of methyl isocyanate and other toxic gases like the Bhopal victims
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 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
"Thou shalt inform..."
Eleven years after the Bhopal gas catastrophe, the Government of India finally recognises communities' right to know about neighbourhood …
There is no treatment for ‘Bhopal Gas Disease’ even after 38 years
When methyl isocyanate is mixed with water at a high temperature, it can produce 65 chemicals, most of them toxic; but so far, no one knows the …
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
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An unpublished ICMR report found 9 per cent newborns of gas victims had birth defects as against 1.3 per cent newborns of non-victims
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
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
Groundwater contamination around Union Carbide factory is now officially confirmed
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research says the contaminant levels are not a public health concern because drinking water is supplied by …
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 …
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
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
Heat and death
Summer is only just setting in. And already there are reports of deaths in Orissa due to a heat wave
Poison present
Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …
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 …