Supreme Court Orders Unmet: Sewer Lines Still Missing After Eight Years

In August 2018, the Supreme Court instructed the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to install sewer lines and proper drainage in the areas surrounding the Union Carbide site after residents reported sewage‑tainted drinking water.

The corporation pledged to complete the works within three months, but eight years later no substantial progress has been recorded. Residents continue to receive water contaminated with fecal coliform, and the promised infrastructure remains absent.

Legal advocates for the victims have called for stringent enforcement of the court's directives, arguing that the continued neglect endangers public health and violates the Supreme Court’s own orders.

The standoff highlights a broader failure to implement post‑disaster remediation measures that were mandated following the 1984 gas tragedy.