Author: Adrian
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ESPN Coverage of Bhopal Pollution
ESPN E60: The Children of Bhopal [Nov 9, 2010] (13:19) Original post: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/486751.html “Kids in this Indian city play cricket to try to escape the squalor around them, but the fields where they play have a deadly past.” November 14, 2010
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Compensation Disbursement, Problems & Possibilities: a report by The Bhopal Group for Information and Action, 1991
COVER i – BHOPAL GROUP FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION ii – CONTENTS iii – List of Appendices and Tables iv – Map showing gas-affected areas of Bhopal 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND – The Bhopal Gas Disaster is an unprecedented event – Government’s response fraught with apathy and lack of innovation 2 – Durga Bai 3 – Disbursement of compensation is a task of unprecented…
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Select Media coverage 1996-2010
November 30, 1996 Bhopal Lives, SUKETU MEHTAvisits Bhopal twelve years after the gas disaster and brings back several carefully and compassionately observed cameos of life as it lived there now, under the shadow of the gas cloud. The Village Voice August 2, 1999 The Slow Poison Factory After the gas, it’s toxic waste. Bhopal can’t…
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Bhopalis end dharna as 62 MPs sign letter to Prime Minister
Bhopalis conclude dharna as 62 MPs sign letter to Prime Minister (English) Bhopalis conclude dharna as 62 MPs sign letter to Prime Minister (Hindi) International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal August 18, 2010 Press Statement Sixty four Members of Parliament from 20 political parties including, BJP, Congress, CPM, CPI, LJP, RSP, BSP and others have…
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Obama Administration Official Supports Corporate Interests Over Victims of World’s Worst Industrial Disaster
Deputy National Security Advisor Froman reveals administration’s double standards on corporate accountability for victims of Bhopal Gas Disaster INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL PRESS STATEMENT: August 18, 2010 At a time when the world is focused on corporate accountability in the wake of the BP’s Gulf Oil Spill, a leaked email from the Obama…
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Roadmap to remediation by Bhopal survivors
To see the tables accurately, please download this PDF file. SUBMISSION OF THE INTERVENOR BHOPAL GROUP FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION TO THE BHOPAL ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON REMEDIATION OF GROUND AND SOIL WATER, AND OTHER TOXIC WASTE, IN AND AROUND THE FORMER UNION CARBIDE FACTORY, BHOPAL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER OT THE HON’BLE…
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Dharna day 21, 16 August 2010: Among the parliamentarians
Rachna and Shalini set out early morning for the Parliament. They have been visiting the Parliament since last week in order to get endorsements from different Members of Parliaments. A week later, both of them seem to know a lot more of the Parliament and its many curves and lanes. At the same time, their…
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Critique of NEERI & NGRI by Bhopal survivors organisations
Download as PDF file preserving table formatting Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Suitability of completed assessment 4 2.1 Model Approach 4 2.2 Insufficient NEERI desk top study/ absence of Sampling and Analysis Plan 5 2.3 Use and Interpretation of Geophysical Data 7 2.4 Interpretation of Geology and Hydrogeological Regime 7 2.4 Quality Issues 9 3.0…
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Covering letter to Mr Jairam Ramesh
Chairman, Bhopal Environmental Remediation Oversight Committee and Minister of State, Ministry of Environment & Forests. Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 August 05, 2010 Sub. Expert’s Technical Review of NEERI and NGRI Reports on the environmental contamination in and around Union Carbide’s abandoned factory site in Bhopal. Dear Sir, Enclosed please…
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Survivors’ views on GoM decisions
DOWNLOAD HINDI VERSION We are happy to note that the GoM has decided to: 1.File curative petitions against the faulty Feb 1989 and Sep 1996 Supreme Court orders. 2.File a review petition for enhancement of sentences against the accused Indian officials of Union Carbide. 3.Set up a regional center of Indian Council of Medical Research…
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The July 2010 dharna
Following the public outcry after the derisory June 7 sentencing of the Indian accused in the Bhopal court, an alarmed government quickly set up a Group of Ministers on Bhopal (GoM). The group included some of Dow Chemical’s biggest friends in government, plus Madhya Pradesh minister Babulal Gaur who during his tenure both as MP…
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Appeal for Solidarity with Bhopal Survivors on Dharna for Justice in Bhopal
DOWNLOAD HINDI VERSION Dear Friend: Over the last month, you may have noticed numerous reports in the media about Bhopal — the betrayal of Bhopal victims, about how the plight of survivors of the gas tragedy 26 years ago has gone from bad to worse due to neglect and insensitivity of successive governments. Some of…
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Details of criminal charges laid by police against Bhopali protesters
Police brutality against Bhopali protesters, beatings with fists, boots and lathis, pulling and dragging by the hair, ripping women’s clothes and abusing them in the filthiest terms, even hitting young children and elderly people– all these are things Bhopal and Delhi police have done to peaceful protesters who dared to ask the government to keep…
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Demands of the July 2010 dharna in Delhi
DOWNLOAD HINDI VERSION 1 Compensation 1a. Provide equal compensation to all officially acknowledged claimants. 1b. Review death claims for which compensation was wrongfully denied and include exposure related deaths after 1997. 1c. Demand adequate compensation from Union Carbide Corporation, USA by filing Curative Petition against the settlement orders of 1989 and 1991. 2 Medical Care…
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Letter to the Prime Minister
To, Honourable Prime Minister South Block, Raisina Hills New Delhi 110001 Fax: 011-23016857 27th July, 2010 Indefinite dharna at Jantar Mantar from July 26, 2010 by five survivors’ organizations for equal compensation, setting up of an Empowered Commission on Bhopal, legal and extra-legal actions against Union Carbide and Dow Chemical and clean up of toxic…