HUL mercury waste pollution still draws fire

by | Jun 30, 2016 | News

Chennai: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is again under the scanner after a member of the Local Area Environment Committee on Kodaikanal – constituted by the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee – picked on the company’s alleged violations of...

‘589 MP workers died of silicosis in Gujarat’

by | Jun 23, 2016 | News

As many as 589 labourers, mostly tribals from western Madhya Pradesh, died due to silicosis in last 10 years while working for the quartz crushing factories in Gujarat, according to a study. The deceased were among 1,721 people from 743 families hailing from...

Other states to adopt Raj model on silicosis

by | Jun 23, 2016 | News

Jaipur: The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission’s (RSHRC) pioneering efforts to provide solace to silicosis victims in state have garnered appreciation at the national level. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has accepted it as a model programme in...

सिलिकोसिस से मौत पर मानवाधिकार आयोग से गुहार

by | Jun 22, 2016 | News

जिले में सिलिकोसिस बीमारी से लगातार हो रही मौत और प्रशासनिक लापरवाही के विरोध में मानवाधिकार आयोग का दरवाजा खट-खटाया गया है। रायगढ़ जिले में सिलिकोसिस बीमारी से लगातार हो रही मौत और प्रशासनिक लापरवाही के विरोध में मानवाधिकार आयोग का दरवाजा खट-खटाया गया है। मानवाधिकार...