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Dharna day 11: meeting with minister Jairam Ramesh
The morning began once again with a visit to St Mary’s School by Rachna, Yasmeen and Safreen. The school didn’t have electricity, so no film screening was possible, and the children described the gas disaster instead and talked about the issues they faced. The big event of the day was a significant meeting with Minister…
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No Bhopal clean up without Dow liability and full environmental analysis
The endgame has begun. The present moment, coming after the extraordinarily shoddy Group of Ministers (GoM) report on Bhopal and the Madhya Pradesh government’s manoeuvres to hammer a lid on the issue of contamination of the pesticides plant and its surroundings, is probably the last opportunity to prevent an artificial closure of all the complex…
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Dispatches from the Supreme Court – Day 1
Blog from Shalini Sharma, Phd Candidate at SOAS who is currently on fieldwork in India studying the media experience and strategies of Bhopal Movement. 13-04-2011, DAY 1 The morning started in the characterstic Bhopali style with unpredictable chaos. While Sathyu had to rush back home to get his identity proof, a mandatory requirement to enter…
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Dharna day 10: Sana visits the hospital
Today we went about the laborious process of reassembling Sana’s documents, lost as they were when the police raided the dharna sthal on August 2. This took all day, with the help of Arun Paswan and Ram Vilas Paswan, and involved Tarini and, me joining Sana and her mother Sakina in long queues of people…
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Dharna day 9: BJP make political propaganda out of Bhopal
The oppressive humidity of the last few days was offset today by a cool breeze, making the Bhopal dharna sthal positively enjoyable today. Much exchanging of notes about losses, bruises and confusion from our eviction by the police last night took place. BJP party workers came over again to sit with our dharna people, however,…
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2010 Delhi Dharna Week 1: Singing and dancing in the rain
“What the Government did not achieve in 26 years was sought to be achieved by a Group of Ministers in four sessions spread over four days. Naturally, their recommendations like before fall far short of addressing the real issues facing the survivors. Seasoned by experience, the Bhopalis know that this promise too like other promises…
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ft.com: “Convicted Mahindra retains M&M seat”
August 2, 2010 6:57 pm Convicted Mahindra retains M&M seat By James Lamont in New Delhi Shareholders of Mahindra & Mahindra, the Indian industrial conglomerate, have re-elected Keshub Mahindra, a revered business elder, as the company’s chairman in spite of his conviction over his role in the Bhopal gas disaster. In July, 86-year-old Mr Mahindra, formerly…
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Dharna day 8: Police let BJP stay overnight but forcibly evict Bhopalis
Today our dharna took a dramatic turn as a fresh batch of around 150 people came in from Bhopal, fresh with determination and strength. Some like Bano Aapa, were returning, having been in the first group that inaugurated this dharna on July 26. This group joined some people who had stayed overnight even as most…
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Press statements
July 30, 2010. Mr Ram Vilas Paswan speaks at Jantar Mantar, calls for Empowered Commission July 26, 2010. Bhopalis launch indefinite dharna in Delhi Invitation to Press Conference launching indefinite dharna in Delhi on July 26, 2010 Press statement July 24, 2010 English Hindi press statement, July 24, 2010. Download as .doc Press statement July…
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Dharna day 7: the Bhopalis see a play and the BJP arrive
Today’s dharna sthal can best be described as soaked. It poured in the morning, and then it was hot and sticky all afternoon. It’s been a week of humid shuttling between Jantar Mantar and Columbus School. Despite heavy rains and terrible condition at Jantar Mantar, which seems to have soaked all the dirt of the…
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Ram Vilas Paswan declares support for Empowered Commission on Bhopal
Bhopal survivors’ organisations today presented the case of Sana, an 8-year old girl from the contaminated water affected Annu Nagar, to Rajya Sabha Member, Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan to highlight how the Group of Ministers’ recommendations last month do not address the unfolding health and economic disasters among victims of Carbide’s toxic legacy in Bhopal.…
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Dharna day 6: “Oh look, the bastards are back to rob us”
Delhi’s incessant heat that persists even during the night resulted in an asthma attack for Irfan Bhai. Morning unfurled with hasty emergency calls asking for volunteers to take Irfan Bhai to AIIMS, one of India’s leading hospitals. However, failing to find a volunteer at such a short notice Vikas and Nawab Bhai started off for…