Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Vishakhapatnam gas leak: What were the errors and what are the lessons
Industrial management methodologies have to be fine-tuned in line with the COVID-19 pandemic, not only to ensure safety but to function effectively
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 26, 2020)
Dahej chemicals factory blast: Is it another case of negligence?
Chemical industries usually neglect the availability of skilled workforce and operate with untrained employees, despite knowing the …
Seizure of LG Polymers: Was it a good or bad decision
While some aspects of the Andhra Pradesh High Court were well thought of, others could have been given more consideration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022)
A year since Giaspura: Ludhiana’s gas leak remains unsolved; activists say tragedy like this could happen again
No improvements have been made to the sewer system since the incident and the cleaning was last done six months ago, residents told DTE
Assam pollution control board seeks Baghjan shut down, OIL plans to move court
Watchdog cites damages to ecology, violations of environmental acts
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
Foul smell to neighbours dropping dead: What happened in the 15 minutes Giaspura residents had to escape a deadly gas
Locals said a lot more lives could have been saved had the ambulance carried away all the unconscious people together from the site, instead of …
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 …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 25-29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
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
As told to Parliament (July 21, 2023): Unseasonal rains in March 2023 ruined over 18,000 hectares of crops in Chhattisgarh
All that was discussed in the House through the day
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 27, 2020)
Chlorine leak in Mumbai suburb sends 120 to hospital
Unclaimed chlorine cylinders at port trust premises were not neutralised despite warnings
NGT committee renders entire Baghjan oil field illegal
NGT-appointed Judge Katakey Committee recommends legal action against Oil India Ltd for violating various environmental as well as industrial …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2022)
Industrial accidents: Time for Neyveli Lignite to take a call
Management should decide the fate of the old plant units immediately
Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected
Blowout, fire could have been prevented by OIL, said eight-member committee of experts
Why environmental racism needs to have its moment
Tribal groups comprise 40-50% of the displaced population in India, and face the brunt of environment racism
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
Poison, unlimited: India's chemicals industry remains dangerously
India has failed to come up with effective legislations for its chemical industry even 35 years after the Bhopal tragedy
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