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After 4 Decades, Bhopal Rid Of Toxic Waste From 1984 Gas Tragedy

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After 4 Decades, Bhopal Rid Of Toxic Waste From 1984 Gas Tragedy

Bhopal: Twelve containers of hazardous waste – remnants from the Union carbide disaster 40 years ago are being sent to Pithampur from Bhopal in a major operation under heavy security. The toxic waste is being transported through a 250-kilometer-long green corridor, accompanied by ambulances, police vehicles, and fire brigades. Fifty police personnel from Bhopal are…

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High Court Raps Madhya Pradesh For “Inertia” Over Union Carbide Toxic Waste

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High Court Raps Madhya Pradesh For “Inertia” Over Union Carbide Toxic Waste

The court asked the authorities to undertake all safety measures during the transportation. Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to dispose of the toxic waste lying at the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, and said even 40 years after the gas disaster, the authorities are in a “state of…

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Once Shunned, Areas Near Bhopal Gas Tragedy Site Now Seeing Real Estate Boom

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Once Shunned, Areas Near Bhopal Gas Tragedy Site Now Seeing Real Estate Boom

Since the Bhopal tragedy, the city has seen a significant population growth and urban development. Bhopal: Union Carbide factory, the site of the deadly gas leak 40 years ago which was once located on Bhopal’s outskirts, is no longer ostracised with its neighbourhood now dotted with residential and commercial establishments. The real estate in the…

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Lawyer Had Warned Union Carbide 21 Months Before Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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Lawyer Had Warned Union Carbide 21 Months Before Bhopal Gas Tragedy

The highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the plant, killing 5,479 persons. Bhopal: Nearly 21 months before the world’s worst industrial disaster hit Bhopal, a lawyer had sent a notice to Union Carbide asking it to stop producing toxic gases at its pesticide plant here, citing grave public health risk. However, the US multinational…

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Few Doctors, Nurses In Relief Hospitals, Bhopal Gas Survivors Suffer

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Few Doctors, Nurses In Relief Hospitals, Bhopal Gas Survivors Suffer

A poignant statue commemorating the Bhopal gas tragedy – a child clinging to its mother — stands near the infamous Union Carbide factory. Dutch artist Ruth Waterman sculpted this statue in 1985, moved by the tragedy and her parents’ deaths in a Nazi gas chamber. Forty years on, thousands of survivors of Bhopal tragedy continue…

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