The organisations working with the survivors of the December 84 Union Carbide disaster are hopeful that there will be an end to the long drawn out criminal appeal proceedings pending against Union Carbide India Limited, & 7 of its Indian officials since 2010. In a hearing held on 25 March 2022, the District Judge of Bhopal has granted another date for hearing to Union Carbide and its convicted officials to present their final arguments from April 25-29, 2022 from 11am-12:30pm, and has also ordered to list the matter for final judgement on 24 May 2022.
Within the next two months the MP government plans to send 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide’s Bhopal factory to an incinerator run by Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd in Pithampur located 300km from Bhopal.
There are 4 things wrong with this proposed action.
On the occasion of the 37th Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster, leaders of four survivors’ organizations in Bhopal condemned The Dow Chemical Company, USA for its systematic discrimination against survivors of the gas disaster and victims of groundwater contamination.
भोपाल में यूनियन कार्बाइड हादसे की 37वीं बरसी के अवसर पर आयोजित एक पत्रकार वार्ता में गैस पीड़ित संगठनों के नेताओं ने राज्य और केंद्र सरकारों द्वारा 37 साल बाद भी पीड़ितों को इंसाफ और इज्जत की जिंदगी मुहैया ना करा पाने की कड़ी निंदा की | संगठनों ने राज्य और केंद्र सरकार पर केंद्रित अपनी 37 दिवसीय मुहिम ’37 साल – 37सवाल’ पर भी जानकारी साझा की |
Addressing a Press Conference held on the occasion of the 37th Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, leaders of survivors’ organizations condemned the state and central governments for denying justice and a life of dignity to the survivors. The organizations also shared information on their just concluded 37 day campaign: “37 Years – 37 Questions” directed at the state and central governments.
