Four decades after the catastrophic gas leak that devastated Bhopal, the recent removal of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant marks a small yet significant step in addressing the lingering fallout of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters.
According to the Trust’s staff members, the clinic provides free medical treatment to around 37,000 registered gas tragedy survivors suffering from various ailments due to the exposure to Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas that caused the tragedy.
Forty years after one of the world’s worst industrial disasters that occurred at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in 1984 around 340 metric tons of hazardous waste still lying in the factory premises began to be transported to incineration on Sunday morning following directives of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Was the law taken in one’s hand? The answer is ‘yes’. Otherwise, why did the Central government exercise the power of parens patriae (parent of the nation) and prevent the victims from filing suits through lawyers of their choice?
The Bhopal gas tragedy is no doubt the biggest industrial catastrophe of the 20th century. It happened due to the highest level of callousness and irresponsibility shown by a multinational, Union Carbide Corporation (UCC).
With the launch of the new services on Tuesday, their total number has reached 23.
On Bhopal Gaurav Diwas on Thursday, Chouhan extended greetings of Bhopal Merger Day to the people of the city.
The employers offered different job roles such as Assistant Professors, Training and Placement Officer, Electrical Engineer, Web Developer, IT expert, Bio-Medical expert, Fitter, Turner, CNC mechanic etc.
The city initiated Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) to track the local government’s capacity and commitments towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mandated by the UN.
Madhya Pradesh's two top leaders - Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state Congress chief Kamal Nath, who have been engaged in a "question war" for over past two months, on Friday saw their verbal spat turn ugly as both used derogatory words for each other.
