Author: Guneet Narula
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Survivors of Union Carbide gas disaster condemn the Indian Govt for failing to prepare for the Curative Petition for additional compensation
Press Statement September 20, 2022 Five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal have condemned the Indian government for failing to prepare for the Curative Petition that began to be heard in the Supreme Court today. They demanded that the government use the three weeks till the next hearing to…
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Survivors Remind State & Central Govts to Stop Misleading the SC Constitutional Bench in the Bhopal Gas Disaster Compensation Matter
Press Release 27 August 2022 At a press conference today, leaders of five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster welcomed the recent announcement on hearing of the long pending Curative Petition before the Supreme Court of India. They also expressed their apprehension that the Bhopal survivors will be denied just compensation…
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Bhopal Disaster Survivors Meet the Minister in Charge of Bhopal and Seek Action on 5 Crucial Issues
Today hundred survivors of 84’ Union Carbide disaster and those exposed to ground water contamination gathered outside BMHRC hospital to meet Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers. A delegation of 5 representatives met with the Minister and presented him with a memorandum and urged him to take…
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Bhopal District Judge orders UCIL & its convicted officials to present all its arguments from 25-29 April 2022
Press Release 26 March 2022 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…
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MP Govt’s Proposed Action of Incinerating 337 MT of Hazardous Union Carbide Waste at Pithampur, MP is Dangerous
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.
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On the 37th Anniversary of the gas disaster, survivor organizations in Bhopal condemned Dow USA for its systematic discrimination against victims of the ongoing disaster
Press Conference 02 December 2021 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.
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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
पत्रकार वार्ता 1 दिसंबर 2021 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…
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Our Demands on the 37th Anniversary
Demands of survivors of Union Carbide Disaster & those poisoned by Dow Chemicals in Bhopal 1. COMPENSATION Union Carbide / Dow Chemical must pay: • A minimum of 8 thousand US dollars to each Bhopal survivor as additional compensation for personal injuries as claimed in the Supreme Court of India. • Compensation for health damages…
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37 years after the World’s worst industrial disaster, justice remains denied to its survivors in Bhopal
Press Statement December 01, 2021 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…
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कार्बाइड के जहरों से पीड़ित माता पिताओ के जन्मजात विकृति के साथ पैदा हो रहे बच्चों ने आज प्रधानमन्त्री और मुख्यमंत्री से आग्रह किया की उनके स्वास्थ्य को पहुंची क्षति के कानूनी अधिकार दिलाए
पत्रकार वार्ता 29 नवम्बर 2021 यूनियन कार्बाइड के जहरों से पीड़ित माता पिताओ के जन्मजात विकृति के साथ पैदा हो रहे बच्चों ने आज प्रधानमन्त्री और मध्य प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री से आग्रह किया की यूनियन कार्बाइड/डाव केमिकल से उनके स्वास्थ्य को पहुंची क्षति के कानूनी अधिकार दिलाए | बच्चों ने “हम होंगें कामयाब” के गीत…
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Disabled children born to gas exposed parents urge PM & CM to ensure their legal rights from UCC/Dow Chemical
Press Statement 29 November 2021 Today children of gas exposed parents being born with physical and mental development disorders and birth defects sang songs urging the Prime Minister & Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh to ensure their legal rights for compensation from Union Carbide/Dow Chemical. Despite having scientific evidence, judicial acknowledgement and the backing of…
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यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस काण्ड की 37 वीं बरसी पर भोपाल पीड़ितों की मांगे
1. इन्साफ गैस काण्ड के हर पीड़ित को यूनियन कार्बाइड और डाव केमिकल कम्पनी से कम से कम 8 लाख रुपया मुआवज़ा दिलाया जाए | गैस पीड़ितों के हर बच्चे के स्वास्थ्य को पहुँचे नुकसान के लिए यूनियन कार्बाइड और डाव केमिकल कम्पनी से कम से कम 2 लाख रुपया मुआवज़ा दिलाए | ज़हरीले भूजल…
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Bhopal survivors congratulate the agitating farmers on the PM’s announcement on repealing black farm laws
Press Statement 19 November 2021 Organisations working among the survivors of the 84 Union Carbide disaster congratulated the agitating farmers on the Prime Minister’s announcement today to repeal the black agricultural laws. Rashida Bee of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmchari Sangh said, “Modi government was imposing these black laws to benefit companies. This government…
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भोपाल के पीड़ितों के स्वास्थ्य पर शोध करने के लिए बना राष्ट्रीय पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य शोध संस्थान (NIREH) ने पीड़ितों के स्वास्थ्य पर पड़े नुकसान पर वैज्ञानिक अध्ययन क्यों बन्द कर दिए हैं?
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति 13 नवंबर 2021 37 दिन के अभियान के उनीसवे (19) दिन पर भोपाल में यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस हादसे के पीड़ितों ने भारत सरकार के स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय से जवाब माँगा | उन्होंने पूछा, “2011 में यूनियन कार्बाइड के जहरों से पीड़ितों के स्वास्थ्य पर शोध करने के लिए बना राष्ट्रीय पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य शोध संस्थान…
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ICMR’s institute in Bhopal not only suppresses study on birth defects in children born to gas exposed parents but now decides to change focus away from gas victims
Press Release 13 November 2021 On the nineteenth day of their 37-day campaign, the survivors of the Union Carbide Disaster sought answers from the Government of India. They asked,” Why has the National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH) stopped carrying out research on the health impact of the Bhopal Gas Disaster & environmental…