-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The Centre has finally taken cognizance of the severity of uranium contamination in Punjab's water and has acknowledged that it is the only state in the country which is reeling under this unique and dangerous problem. The uranium content in the waters of Punjab has not only been increasing but spreading too. A recent study by Punjab health department has revealed that uranium content has been found...
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'Thousands of dead fish found floating in Godavari river'
-PTI NASHIK (Maharashtra): Thousands of dead fish were found floating in the Godavari river here, a local Congress corporator said today, demanding an inquiry into the incident. Corporator Vikrant Mate said the fish were found floating in the river near Asaram Bapu Ashram on Gangapur Road here. "It should become clear whether the fish died due to chemicals and effluents, released into the Godavari river by industrial units or was there any other...
More »CWG: Urban Development Ministry Under PAC Scanner
-PTI The role of the Urban Development Ministry, responsible for creating infrastructure for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, has come under the scanner of the PAC which has flagged some serious issues regarding delay in getting environmental clearance and extending "undue favour" to a private company in awarding contracts. While responding to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) query on the "inordinate delay" in approaching the Environment Ministry for getting clearance, the Urban Development...
More »US court blow to Bhopal survivors
-The Telegraph A US court has ruled that neither Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims arising out of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, dismaying survivors and the NGOs fighting for justice. Manhattan district judge John Keena on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Bhopal survivor Janki Bai Sahu and others accusing the UCC of causing soil and Water pollution around...
More »US court frees Union Carbide, Anderson from Bhopal taint
-The Hindustan Times A US court has ruled that neither Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation (reversing or stopping environmental damage) or pollution-related claims by those living around its now-defunct plant in Bhopal, where a gas leak in 1984 killed thousands of people. US district judge John Keenan in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Bhopal residents seeking to hold UCC, which...
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