Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (March 13, 2026) directed the State government to submit a plan within five weeks for the assessment and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at the defunct Union Carbide factory site, the epicentre of the 1984 gas tragedy.
In an action taken report submitted by the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, the government told the court that a meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Ashok Barnwal was held on March 3 to discuss a time-bound remediation of the Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) factory, as well as an assessment of the measures to be taken for the contaminated soil and groundwater on and around the site.
Earlier on March 13, 2023 five-bench constitution bench rejected the Centres plea seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy. A gas leak in 1984 that killed more than 3,000 people- is regarded as the world’s industrial disaster.
The bench, headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, noted all previous proceedings related to the incident before the top court unequivocally recorded that the settlement amount of $470 million was sufficient to meet the present and future claims of the victims
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