Vizag gas leak an eerie reminder of Bhopal gas tragedy
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak an eerie reminder of Bhopal gas tragedy

Hindustan Times  

The people in areas around the chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh woke up early on Thursday with a foul smell, which was from the Styrene gas leaked from the plant owned by South Korean company LG Chemicals. People affected by gas leak being taken to a hospital for treatment, near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. At least 30 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Madhya Pradesh capital in one of the worst industrial disasters of the 20th century. A Belstein Test conducted in 2015 found the water from 240-foot-deep borewells in Bhopal to be contaminated due to the gas leak referred to many as Hiroshima-like tragedy.

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Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about the horrific industrial disaster of 1984
2 weeks ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about the horrific industrial disaster of 1984

India TV News  

Bhopal gas tragedy: Almost forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of around 377 tons of hazardous waste began from the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday night for its disposal. A green corridor has been created for the vehicles which are expected to reach Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district in seven hours," said Bhopal Gas Tragedy …

Bhopal gas survivors’ groups, Pithampur locals protest over Union Carbide waste
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Bhopal gas survivors’ groups, Pithampur locals protest over Union Carbide waste

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors along with locals at Pithampur Industrial Area have opposed the government’s plan to dispose of the overground Union Carbide waste at Pithampur incinerator saying it will further pollute the industrial area. Lending support to the protests by Pithampur Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh president Rashida Bee said, “The technical presentation of …

Bhopal gas tragedy: NHRC directs Union, MP governments to safeguard human rights
1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: NHRC directs Union, MP governments to safeguard human rights

New Indian Express  

2nd December 2024 marked 40 years since the Bhopal gas leak disaster happened, one of the worst industrial catastrophes and corporate negligence cases in living memory, not only in India but worldwide, the plea said. The Bhopal gas tragedy has scientific and environmental implications including human, health risks, and contaminated soil, water and air, the plea said. Despite having numerous …

Learnings from Bhopal tragedy
1 month, 1 week ago

Learnings from Bhopal tragedy

Hindustan Times  

Around 12.40am on December 3, 1984, nearly 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, a poisonous gas, started to leak from the Union Carbide India Limited plant near Bhopal. The official figures showed that 5,295 died though activists later estimated that at least 15,000 lives were lost, while many more suffered from morbidities arising out of exposure to the noxious gas. Five …

40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: How the disaster affected people even before their birth
1 month, 1 week ago

40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: How the disaster affected people even before their birth

Firstpost  

Forty years ago, on the intervening night of December 2-3, a terrible tragedy struck Bhopal as highly toxic methyl isocyanate leaked from American company Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in the city. In 1984, highly toxic methyl isocyanate leaked from American company Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in Bhopal, exposing around five lakh people to the poisonous gas. Bhopal gas tragedy’s victims …

40 years of Bhopal Gas tragedy: How did the world’s worst industrial disaster unfold? What has happened since?
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1 month, 1 week ago

40 years of Bhopal Gas tragedy: How did the world’s worst industrial disaster unfold? What has happened since?

Firstpost  

In the intervening hours of December 2 and December 3 1984, poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbine chemical plant on the outskirts of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, instantly killing thousands and maiming lakhs of others. File image/AFP Just after the clock struck 12 at night on December 2, 1984, an industrial accident began to unfold at Union …

Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal, Dec 1 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. Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boom A prominent shopping mall-cum-entertainment centre is now located just 4 …

1 dead, 8 hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas at Andhra pharma factory
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

1 dead, 8 hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas at Andhra pharma factory

Hindustan Times  

At least one person died and eight others were hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas fumes in a pharma company in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district, PTI cited police officials as saying on Wednesday. Police investigate the toxic gas leak incident at Tagore Pharma Laboratories in Parawada, The incident took place at the Parawada Pharma City around 4:30 pm on Tuesday. Police …

Bhopal gas leak | Battling water woes in land of tragedy
1 year, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas leak | Battling water woes in land of tragedy

The Hindu  

Rashid Khan, 60, remembers the cold winter night of December 2, 1984, vividly. People began to shout, “Gas nikal gayi he.” Outside his current house in Devaki Nagar, about one km from the chemical company Union Carbide India Limited factory premises, Mr. Khan is now worried about another threat: the groundwater that he and the people in the densely populated …

Bhopal gas tragedy horrors continue to haunt survivors even after 39 years, ex-railwaymen recount Dec 2 night
1 year, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy horrors continue to haunt survivors even after 39 years, ex-railwaymen recount Dec 2 night

India TV News  

Bhopal gas tragedy: Even after 39 years since the toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 in Bhopal that killed thousands of people, the horrific incident continues to give nightmares to the survivors. At least 3,787 people lost their lives and over 5 lakh were physically affected after a toxic gas …

Bhopal gas tragedy case | Supreme Court dismisses Centre’s petition seeking additional compensation
1 year, 10 months ago

Bhopal gas tragedy case | Supreme Court dismisses Centre’s petition seeking additional compensation

The Hindu  

March 14, 2023 11:04 am | Updated 01:10 pm IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court on March 14 dismissed the government’s curative petition to secure more money from Union Carbide Corporation to pay the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy as an attempt which came 39 years too late after what came to be known as ‘the world’s largest …

Explained | What does the Centre want in Bhopal gas case?
2 years ago

Explained | What does the Centre want in Bhopal gas case?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union of India calls the Bhopal gas leak tragedy the world’s largest industrial disaster. Thirty-nine years after the incident, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice S. K. Kaul has reserved its judgment on a curative petition filed by the Centre in November 2010 to enhance the $470 million compensation fixed in …

1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Four decades on, no closure in sight for victims
2 years, 1 month ago

1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Four decades on, no closure in sight for victims

Firstpost  

The story of Bhopal gas tragedy becomes more glaring and tragic in the absence of any environmental assessment, accountability, punishment or lessons learnt The Bhopal gas leak from the factory on the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd December 1984 is estimated to have killed between 3,700 and 25,000 people and poisoned half a million. The story of Bhopal gas …

Bhopal: Several hospitalised following chlorine gas leak at water treatment plant
2 years, 2 months ago

Bhopal: Several hospitalised following chlorine gas leak at water treatment plant

India TV News  

Highlights Bhopal Collector, Avinash Lavania said that efforts were on to control the leakage of the gas There was no stampede-like situation and nobody was seriously ill, he said There was no issue related to the expiry date of the cylinder, he added Bhopal: Several people were taken ill after a gas leak was reported from a chlorine tank installed …

Vizag gas leak: Andhra govt forms joint committee to ascertain cause
2 years, 7 months ago

Vizag gas leak: Andhra govt forms joint committee to ascertain cause

Hindustan Times  

The Andhra Pradesh government has constituted a joint committee to ascertain the cause behind a chemical gas leak in Visakhapatnam, industries minister Gudivada Amarnath informed on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. Officials after women workers working in an apparel unit in a Special Economic Zone fell sick following a suspected ammonium gas leak, at Atchyutapuram in Visakhapatnam. The large campus …

Bhopal gas tragedy: Remembering India's worst industrial disaster as victims still await justice
3 years, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: Remembering India's worst industrial disaster as victims still await justice

Firstpost  

Tragedy struck Madhya Pradesh’s capital after midnight on 3 December 1984 when thousands died following the leak of poisonous gases from the Union Carbide Corporation plant First, there was Chernobyl and then there was the Bhopal gas leak. Thirty-seven years ago on this day, India experienced a horror of untold magnitude in the form of the Bhopal gas leak in …

In Photos: 36 Years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Families Still Struggle to Pick Up Threads of Life
3 years, 11 months ago

In Photos: 36 Years after Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Families Still Struggle to Pick Up Threads of Life

News 18  

Mohd Shafiq was eight years old when his mother vomited blood due to inhalation of MIC gas leaked from the UCIL factory. The deaths of four workers at the Rourkela Steel Plant last week due to a toxic gas leak is the latest in India’s long toll of industrial disasters. Widely known as the “world’s worst industrial disaster”, the Bhopal …

Still Bearing the Wounds: Ailments Among Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Have Surged Over Years, Says Health Centre
4 years, 1 month ago

Still Bearing the Wounds: Ailments Among Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Have Surged Over Years, Says Health Centre

News 18  

Painting a grim picture of the health hazards the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy sufferers have endured in the past 15 years, an organisation working for their treatment said that ailments among survivors have surged in this period. Dr Sanjay Srivastava from Sambhavna Trust Clinic, a dedicated facility in the old city for treatment of victims of the industrial disaster, said …

Several hospitalised after ammonia gas leakage at dairy unit in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor
4 years, 4 months ago

Several hospitalised after ammonia gas leakage at dairy unit in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor

India Today  

More than 15-25 people were rushed to a hospital on Thursday evening after a gas leakage was reported at a dairy plant located at Bandapalli village of Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district. Among them, 3 people are serious and probably will be shifted to SVIMS or Ruia hospital in Tirupati," news agency ANI quoted Narayan Bharat Gupta, Chittoor District Collector, as …

Two dead, four fall sick after gas leak at Vizag pharma company
4 years, 6 months ago

Two dead, four fall sick after gas leak at Vizag pharma company

The Hindu  

Two persons died and four were taken ill after inhaling benzimidazole vapours, which leaked at the Sainor Life Sciences Private Limited at JN Pharma City in Parawada, about 40 km from the city, on Monday. Vizag District Collector V. Vinay Chand, Commissioner of Police R.K. Meena and officials from the Fire Service and Factories department rushed to the pharma company. …

Vizag Gas leak: 2 dead, 4 hospitalised after leak at pharma company
4 years, 6 months ago

Vizag Gas leak: 2 dead, 4 hospitalised after leak at pharma company

Live Mint  

Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada near here early on Tuesday morning, official sources said. Police sources said that around 30 employees were working at the time of the mishap on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. On inhaling the gas, around six persons collapsed …

Andhra Pradesh: Gas leak at pharmaceutical firm in Visakhapatnam, 2 dead
4 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Gas leak at pharmaceutical firm in Visakhapatnam, 2 dead

India Today  

Two days after one worker died due to Ammonia gas leak in Kurnool, another gas leak incident has been reported at Sainor Life Sciences in Visakhapatnam's Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City, Parawada, Andhra Pradesh. At least two people have died after gas leak at the pharmaceutical firm. Four people have been hospitalised in the gas leak incident at Sainor Life Sciences …

Vizag gas leak: An avoidable tragedy
4 years, 7 months ago

Vizag gas leak: An avoidable tragedy

The Hindu  

On March 7 around 3.35 am 19-year-old medical student A. Chandramouli residing at RR Venkatapuram was suddenly woken up from his sleep by his parents. The fumes that the residents of RR Venkatapuram, Venkatapuram, SC-BC Colony, Kamparapalem, Nandamuri Nagar and Padmanabha Nagar inhaled that morning was the deadly styrene monomer vapour that leaked out of a storage tank in LG …

EXCLUSIVE | Vizag gas leak: CCTV footage shows how toxic vapour engulfed village as many collapsed on ground
4 years, 8 months ago

EXCLUSIVE | Vizag gas leak: CCTV footage shows how toxic vapour engulfed village as many collapsed on ground

India Today  

A CCTV footage accessed by India Today showed the horrific styrene gas leak from LG Polymers plant at Andhra Pradesh's Vishakapatnam. The Vizag gas leak tragedy on May 7 affected villages in a five-kilometre radius, killing at least 12 people and affecting thousands. The police had also filed cases against few locals for protesting against the gas leak and blocking …

Vizag Gas Leak: 19-Year-Old Son of Constable Among Those Dead
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag Gas Leak: 19-Year-Old Son of Constable Among Those Dead

The Quint  

“All four of them were shifted to different hospitals. As Chandramowli’s health was deteriorating rapidly, he was taken to King George Hospital,” Venkat Rao recalls. “Easwar Rao is totally numb and devastated after hearing the tragic news,” says Murthy, Easwar Rao’s colleague. I am yet to comprehend the events.” On Thursday, horrifying images came from Vizag, showing people collapsing on …

Vizag Gas Tragedy: A Reflection Of Bhopal's Interminable Misery
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag Gas Tragedy: A Reflection Of Bhopal's Interminable Misery

Live Law  

Opening our eyes to the horrific images of unconscious people and people with breathing difficulties brought the big media houses to divert from the ideological debates taking place since a long while. The chemical, methyl isocyanate, that spilled out from Union Carbide India Ltd's pesticide factory turned the city into a vast gas chamber. The US-based multinational company, Union Carbide …

Vizag gas leak toll goes up to 12, hours later fresh leakage forces another evacuation: 10 points
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak toll goes up to 12, hours later fresh leakage forces another evacuation: 10 points

India Today  

Death toll in the gas leak at LG Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam has gone up to 12 with another person dying on Friday. Early morning on Friday, a day since the initial leakage, vapourised gas was again seen leaking from the LG Polymers plant, triggering panic. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel will take up …

India gas leak: 13 dead and hundreds in hospital as toxic cloud spreads across southern city of Vishakhapatnam
4 years, 8 months ago

India gas leak: 13 dead and hundreds in hospital as toxic cloud spreads across southern city of Vishakhapatnam

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Distressing images on social media showed people who had …

Vizag gas leak kills at least 11, impacts another 1,000 people; disturbing visuals bring back memories of Bhopal gas tragedy
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak kills at least 11, impacts another 1,000 people; disturbing visuals bring back memories of Bhopal gas tragedy

Firstpost  

As India was grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, another mishap at a plastic factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Vishakhapatnam district killed at least 11 people, including one child and lead to the hospitalistaion of hundreds others. As India was grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, another mishap at a plastic factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Vishakhapatnam district killed at least 11 people, including …

Vizag gas leak: All you need to know
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak: All you need to know

Business Standard  

11 persons, including one child, have died after chemical gas leakage of styrene gas at LG Polymers industry in Visakhapatnam this morning. Some fell unconscious while fleeing King George Hospital’s G Arjuna said a high concentration of gas near the leakage point and a longer period of inhalation by people when they were asleep made them sick. Women and children …

Vizag gas leak claims at least 11 lives: Amit Shah terms incident 'disturbing', says home ministry closely monitoring situation
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak claims at least 11 lives: Amit Shah terms incident 'disturbing', says home ministry closely monitoring situation

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday described the gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam as “disturbing” and said the central government is closely monitoring the situation. We are continuously and closely monitoring the situation,” Shah tweeted. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy spoke to Andhra Pradesh’s chief secretary and director …

7 workers hospitalised after gas leak in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh
4 years, 8 months ago

7 workers hospitalised after gas leak in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh

Op India  

After the news of the hazardous styrene gas leak in Vizag’s LG Chemicals plant, another report of an alleged gas leak in a Chhattisgarh plant has surfaced. As per reports, 7 workers in a paper mill in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh have been hospitalised. 7 workers of a Paper Mill hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a …

Gas leak in Visakhapatnam
4 years, 8 months ago

Gas leak in Visakhapatnam

The Hindu  

Many have died, several hospitalised after a gas leak incident at Visakhapatnam. Visakhapatnam gas leak live updates: AP govt launches helpline More than 100 have been hospitalised after complaints of breathing difficulty and vomiting. Water blowers are being used to subside the gas leak effect. Those living in a 5 km radius have been affected by the gas leak.

Vizag gas leak: Residents asked to stay indoors, use wet cloth as mask
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak: Residents asked to stay indoors, use wet cloth as mask

India TV News  

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation on Thursday asked people staying near the chemical plant where a gas leak took place in the wee hours to stay indoors and use a wet cloth to cover their nose and mouth. At least seven people, including an 8-year-old child, have been killed and over 100 hospitalised due to the gas leak which took …

Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: PM Modi meets NDMA officials, assures all help to Andhra CM YS Reddy
4 years, 8 months ago

Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: PM Modi meets NDMA officials, assures all help to Andhra CM YS Reddy

India TV News  

PM Modi is meeting National Disaster Management Authority officials over gas leak incident at Visakhapatnam plant in Andhra Pradesh earlier today. In a tweet the prime minister said, "has spoken to officials of MHA and NDMA regarding the situation after a gas leak incident adding it is being monitored closely and that he prays for everyone’s safety and well-being in …

Visakhapatnam gas leak | Updates
4 years, 8 months ago

Visakhapatnam gas leak | Updates

The Hindu  

Eleven people, including a six-year-old girl, died and over 350 were admitted to hospitals after styrene monomer gas leaked from a chemical plant belonging to LG Polymers at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel will take up on Friday the matter titled “In re: Gas Leak at LG Polymers Chemical …

Andhra Pradesh: 11 dead, over 1,000 hospitalised after gas leak at chemical plant in Visakhapatnam
4 years, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 11 dead, over 1,000 hospitalised after gas leak at chemical plant in Visakhapatnam

India TV News  

At least 11 people, including one child, were dead after a gas leakage was reported from a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam early on Thursday. More than 1,000 others were taken to the hospital after they complained of health issues following the gas leak, reported at the LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam. Meanwhile, the Greater Visakhapatnam …

Vizag gas leak kills 11, boiler blast rocks Tamil Nadu: Tragedies strike India amid coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak kills 11, boiler blast rocks Tamil Nadu: Tragedies strike India amid coronavirus lockdown

India Today  

If anyone thought that India had seen the worst due to Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown miseries, Thursday proved them wrong. The first one, gas leak in LG Polymer Plant at R Venkatapuram village near Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam, killed 11 people and made at least 1,000 others sick. Vizag gas leak India on Thursday woke up to an industrial chemical leak …

Vizag killer: What is styrene gas that leaked in Andhra Pradesh?
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag killer: What is styrene gas that leaked in Andhra Pradesh?

India Today  

The port city of Visakhapatnam, or Vizag, in Andhra Pradesh woke up to a gas leak tragedy on Thursday. A person who has inhaled styrene gas needs immediate medical help. Styrene gas also impacts the lungs and reduces the oxygen inhaling capacity, which may result in suffocation in some victims. Sudden and short-term exposure to styrene gas causes damage to …

'Year worsening by the day': Vizag gas leak plunges nation into sorrow | PHOTOS
4 years, 8 months ago

'Year worsening by the day': Vizag gas leak plunges nation into sorrow | PHOTOS

India Today  

A gas leak at a chemical plant near Vishakhapatnam killed at least 11 people on Thursday and brought back memories of another industrial disaster: the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority and spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy earlier today. Chemical gas leaked from …

Vizag gas leak: Management should be held responsible, says Andhra industry minister
4 years, 8 months ago

Vizag gas leak: Management should be held responsible, says Andhra industry minister

India Today  

The management of the firm whose chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam suffered a deadly gas leak on Thursday morning should be held responsible for the accident, the state industry minister said. The firm operating the plant, LG Chemical Ltd., "should have been extra careful.especially since it was a prolonged lockdown", said Mekapati Goutham Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's Minister for Industries, Commerce, and …

Bhopal gas tragedy 35 years on: A look back at how the industrial disaster that claimed thousands of lives occurred
5 years, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas tragedy 35 years on: A look back at how the industrial disaster that claimed thousands of lives occurred

Firstpost  

Bhopal gas tragedy marks 35 years today on 3 December. Known to be the worst industrial disaster world in terms of loss of human lives, the tragedy, for the first time, made people aware of the magnitude of a peace-time calamity. In the wee hours of 3 December, 1984, poisonous gas leaked from the now-defunct factory of Union Carbide in …

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: Fight for proper rehabilitation, adequate compensation continues three decades after deadly disaster
6 years, 1 month ago

34 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: Fight for proper rehabilitation, adequate compensation continues three decades after deadly disaster

India TV News  

34 years ago, on this day, tragedy struck the country in the name of Bhopal gas leak. The survivors' bodies including the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Children Against Dow Carbide and the Bhopal Group for Information and Action issued a joint statement on Sunday accusing the Madhya Pradesh and central …

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