Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Bhopal, June 27: The Bhopal Gas Peedit Nyay Morcha president Abdul Nafis informed that in support of the demand of compensation to gas victims a mammoth rally will be taken out on June 30 from Itwara and it will reach Lily Talkies and stage demonstration there. He added that a …
Despite the Union Carbide Corporation being criminally liable for the Bhopal catastrophe, the government, though being the sole representative of the victims, colluded with the UCC and compromised the interests of the affected people. The UCC and its Indian subsidiary, the Union of India and the state of Madhya Pradesh …
Minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine all the issues relating to Bhopal Leak Gas Disaster, held from 18th to 21st June, 2010. The Group of Ministers (GoM) regarding Bhopal Gas Leak disaster was reconstituted on 26th May 2010 to examine all the issues relating …
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: With the controversial verdict on Bhopal gas tragedy exposing inadequacies of the Nuclear Liability Bill, the government is likely to raise the cap on compensation a nuclear operator will have to cough up in case of accident, to Rs 1,200 crore from Rs 500 crore proposed …
The government on Thursday cleared a financial package of Rs 1,256.65 crore for the Bhopal gas tragedy that includes Rs 650-700 crore towards compensation to victims. It will also continue its chase to bring back the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, pursue legal means to force Dow Chemicals to …
The Union Cabinet today approved recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas leak disaster that included filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court for reconsideration of its 1996 judgment, pursuing afresh the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson and an enhanced compensation package …
The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed. While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its …
Swaraj Thapa , Maneesh Chhibber Finalising its conclusions on the Bhopal gas leak disaster after three days of back-to-back deliberations, the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) today recommended a substantially enhanced compensation deal for victims that could cost around Rs 750 crore, filing of a curative petition in the Supreme …
A Rs 1,500 crore package for enhancing compensation for the kin of those who died and those debilitated in the Bhopal gas disaster was today finalised by a Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, that went into a whole range of issues, including relief …
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to foot the bill for remediation, or cleaning up, of the contaminated site of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. This is expected to be among the recommendations of the group of ministers (GoM), which are to be finalized and handed over to Prime …
The Centre seems to have forgotten the findings of a high-level technical committee it had formed immediately after the Bhopal gas tragedy, which had slammed the Union Carbide Corporation saying it was
Deliberating on remediation measures, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday considered a number of clean-up options, including building a memorial and burying part of the toxic waste at the disaster site in Bhopal where the Union Carbide factory is located. Chidambaram told reporters …
Ministerial Panel May Put Onus Of Cleaning Up Plant Site On MP Govt With Financial Help From Centre THE group of ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy, which met for the fourth time on Sunday, discussed remedial and environment issues. The ministerial panel feels that the Madhya Pradesh government …
The chronicle of Bhopal in the courts is of a case doomed to failure. In step after step from that fateful night of 2 December 1984 onwards, the government, legal luminaries and, even on occasion, the Supreme Court of India failed the victims of Bhopal, and one could even say …
Hit by the raging Bhopal gas tragedy controversy, the government on Friday began exploring options, including a special compensation package worth Rs 982 crores, for the victims. The compensation package worked out by the Planning Commission is part of comprehensive demands placed before the Centre by successive state governments. The …
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today assured that a good package will be worked out for the affected people of the Posco project, proposed to be set up near Paradip in Orissa. He gave this assurance during a meeting with a delegation of United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit, in …
New Delhi: The Centre has decided to explore the feasibility of securing the extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, besides hiking the compensation for the Bhopal gas victims who look poised to get an additional package of Rs 982.75 crore. The decisions to secure the custody and enhance …
Smita Gupta and J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI:The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal, which met on Friday, will work through the weekend and submit its report to the Cabinet on Monday, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 10-day deadline. The mood at the meeting, sources said, was
