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Fear of nuclear disaster has no basis: court-J Venkatesan

-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday said there is no basis to the fear that the radioactive effects of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, when commissioned, will be far reaching. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said: "We are convinced that the KKNPP design incorporates advanced safety features complying with the current standards of redundancy, reliability, independence and prevention of common cause failures in its safety systems....

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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors stage protest in Mumbai

-The Hindu Around 200 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster held demonstrations in front of the Dow Chemical's office in Vikroli in suburban Mumbai on Tuesday, demanding that the company take up the criminal, civilian and environmental liability of Union Carbide, which they now own. The demonstrators said they were protesting against Dow Chemical's continuing business in hazardous chemicals when the survivors were dying in Bhopal and the next generation was facing...

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Delhi smog worrying, we'll take up matter: Chief Justice of India-Ashish Mukherjee

-NDTV Bhopal: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir said today he was concerned about the persisting smog cover over Delhi and hinted that the courts might look into the issue. "We are concerned. With each passing day, the smog level is rising.  We will deal with the matter," the chief justice said in Bhopal. He made the observations during a hearing on disposal of the Bhopal gas tragedy waste at the Union Carbide...

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Water around Union Carbide factory in Bhopal is dangerous: Report in Supreme Court-A Vaidyanathan and Samira Shaikh

-NDTV The Supreme Court has been told that the water around the former Union Carbide plant at Bhopal is contaminated and not fit for consumption. The report was filed today by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow, which collected 26 samples from around the factory, from where a poisonous gas leak in 1984 led to the deaths of more than 15,000 people, creating the world's largest industrial disaster. The leak...

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Bhopal gas tragedy: German firm pulls out of project to clean toxic waste

-CNN-IBN Bhopal: In a major setback for Bhopal, a German company has pulled out of the project to clean 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide Plant, saying it is too hazardous. The plant was the site of the world's worst disaster in which 15,000 people were killed in 1984. India was going to pay the German government firm GIZ $ 4.5 million for the job. The company has now cited...

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