In what's often called the world's worst industrial disaster, a 1984 chemical accident at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, unleashed a toxic gas that killed thousands of people over subsequent ...

Two men were hospitalised after they set themselves afire on Friday amid a bandh call in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in the ...

The 60-year-old lives in Tarapur in the industrial town of Pithampur, known for its automobile and pharmaceutical factories. The town has been tense since containers holding 337 tonnes of toxic ...

Pithampur: People from all walks of lives, cutting across political boundaries, took to the streets in Pithampur to protest the plan to dispose of hazardous Union Carbide waste in the industrial ...

"We don't want this toxic waste in our area," is the refrain of locals at Tarpura, a village adjacent to Pithampur's waste incineration unit where a huge quantity of waste from Bhopal's Union ...

The waste will be stored, treated and incinerated at a treatment-storage-disposal facility (TSDF) in the Pithampur Industrial ... Pratap died in a road accident in 2015. The court gave the ...

Government estimates also show that while thousands suffered physical disabilities in the aftermath of the accident ... has travelled to Pithampur. Fear, fuelled by fake news has made people ...

However, he said that if any accident occurs in Pithampur during the destruction of this waste, then his organisation will launch a protest. PTI HWP LAL NR ...

Shops and business establishments in Pithampur closed in protest against the dumping of Union Carbide waste, with a hunger strike and small rallies ongoing. Police maintained strict vigilance and ...

Dhar: Madhya Pradesh police have registered five cases against protesters in Pithampur of Dhar district who opposed the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas ...

Protests have broken out after a dozen containers containing toxic waste arrived for disposal at a local plant in Pithampur Vegetable vendor Shivnarayan Dasana had never seen so many policemen ...