Bhopal gas tragedy

Months after it was moved away from Bhopal, incineration of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste ends

July 01, 2025 2:04 am

More than 40 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the process of relocating the toxic waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide factory began on January 1, when 12 containers carrying 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste left for a private disposal plant in Pithampur run by the firm Re Sustainability.

Art 142: Dubbed ‘nuclear missile’ by V-P Dhankhar, deployed by SC in cases from Ayodhya to Bhopal to Visakha

April 24, 2025 7:34 am

Article 142, which grants the apex court the power to pass any order necessary to ensure “complete justice”, was used sparingly until there was a spike in the 1990s amidst much political upheaval in country.

Union Carbide waste: Final disposal trial ends

March 13, 2025 5:07 am

A total of 30 tonnes of the 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste transported from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to Pithampur in early January was incinerated starting February 28.

Second trial burning of Union Carbide waste underway in MP's Pithampur; to continue for 55 hours

March 06, 2025 6:06 pm

Officials said the first round of trial incineration, which began on February 28 and concluded on March 3, lasted about 75 hours, with 135 kg of waste being fed into the incinerator per hour.

Union Carbide waste disposal: First trial concludes, samples taken for analysis

March 04, 2025 4:27 am

The trial incineration is being carried out on the orders of the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Trial incineration of waste from Bhopal gas tragedy begins, air quality normal so far

March 01, 2025 8:09 am

Though a total of 337 metric tonnes of waste was transported from Union Carbide’s defunct Bhopal factory to Pithampur on the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court early in January, locals had agitated against its incineration, delaying the trial process.

Union Carbide waste set to be incinerated after Madhya Pradesh HC permits trial run

February 19, 2025 6:28 am

A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain directed the state government to “undertake the first trial run of 10 metric tonne by taking all protocols into consideration on 27.02.2025 and thereafter see the result of the same”.

Union Carbide waste disposal: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, MP

February 18, 2025 2:06 am

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and A G Masih agreed to hear next week the plea which claimed the direction to dispose of the waste in Pithampur involves “significant public health and environmental risks”.

Incinerating Union Carbide's ghosts: 337 tonnes of waste, 40 workers & a 250-km journey

January 15, 2025 5:08 am

This waste was generated during pesticide production at the UCIL factory between 1969 and 1984 and was dumped on the premises, before being bundled together in 2005 on orders of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

HC asks Centre, MP govt to digitise medical records of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors

January 09, 2025 9:06 am

The affidavit filed by the respondents in compliance with the court's directive of December 9, 2024, stated that "the medical records prior to the year 2014 are very old, therefore, only 3,000 pages per day can be scanned".

38 years on, survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy still await 'just compensation'

December 03, 2022 7:17 pm

Bhopal gas tragedy 1984: Looking back at one of India's worst industrial disasters

December 03, 2021 1:17 pm

On the 37th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, victims continue to fight for justice. The survivors of the tragedy have been fighting for long for adequate compensation and proper medical treatment for ailments caused by the toxic leak.

Pungent air, deaths and chaos — Visakhapatnam gas leak in pictures

May 07, 2020 5:06 pm

Eleven people died while over hundreds fell ill following a gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam on Thursday morning. People in the Gopalapatnam area, where the chemical plant is located, complained of irritation in eyes, breathlessness, nausea, and rashes on their bodies.

Bhopal gas tragedy: 35 years later, survivors continue to fight for justice

December 03, 2019 9:12 am

The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world’s “major industrial accidents” of the 20th century, according to a UN report.

Bhopal gas tragedy: 30 years later we revisit the site of disaster

December 02, 2014 3:56 pm

A look at the contemporary environmental and social situation in Bhopal through the lens of award-winning Magnum photographer Raghu Rai.