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In Bhopal, the tragedy continues |
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Survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster remain at the mercy of a corrupt government and an impotent judicial system , ( ) |
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Hasty Carbide clean up mocks “polluter pays” dictum |
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Bhopal: Cleaning up of toxic waste at the closed Union Carbide plant here, launched last week by state agencies, has thrown “polluter pays” principle to the wind and sent clear signals to multinational corporations – “pollute and escape, tax payer will pay up for your mess”. , () |
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Bhopal: 20 years on |
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Relatives of those who died in Bhopal's 1984 pesticide leak are at last beginning to receive compensation. But, as Dinesh Sharma reports, activists are now turning on the Indian medical establishment with claims that it withheld post-exposure data that could have saved many lives., () |
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In Bhoapl, Women Suffer Silently |
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While sufferings caused to the gas leak victims have been documented, the reproductive health consequences of the disaster have never received any official attention, laments Dinesh C Sharma.
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Lethal legacy of Bhopal lingers on |
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A poisonous gas leak from an Indian factory 20 years ago continues to claim victims , () |
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Between hope and despair after 20 years of Bhopal tragedy |
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On the busy Hamidia road, branches of nationalized and private banks are running deposit mobilization campaigns these days. Most shops in the crowded lanes and bylanes of this area are stocked with latest models of white goods, even after the end of the festival season of Diwali and Idd. Local cable channels are running hurriedly produced commercials from city shops selling electronic items and new-age motorcycles., () |
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Recreating Bhopal in US deserts to study chemical warfare |
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After 20 years of the Bhopal gas disaster, American scientists are preparing to re-create the accident under controlled conditions in a bid to unlock some unresolved questions relating to the gas leak and also to study threat posed by chemicals as weapons of terrorism., () |
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Rashida bi: fighting for medical rights of Bhopal survivors |
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Cancer is spreading in Bhopal as if it is ordinary fever”, says Rashida Bi, a survivor of the infamous Bhopal gas disaster and a fighter for the medical rights of women of Bhopal. She was 27 years old when the gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in the heart of old Bhopal on the night of December 2, 1984, killing several thousand people and affecting the health of nearly half a million city dwellers. It was a tragedy that remains unparalleled even today., () |
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Bhopal's health disaster continues to unfold |
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The calls for extradition of Warren Anderson, former head of Union Carbide Corporation, to India for trial reached a new pitch, with Greenpeace announcing on Aug 29 that it has located Anderson in the USA. Anderson was the chief executive officer of Union Carbide in December, 1984, when an explosion at the company's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, caused the world's worst industrial disaster.
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Bhopal's Continuing Nightmare |
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The name of Bhopal is still evocative, 18 years after disaster struck. It was in December 1984 when a leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant released 40 tons of lethal Methyl Iso-cyanate (MIC) into the environment, killing thousands of people in their sleep and maiming hundreds of thousands more for life.
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