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Political
By June 2005 Babulal Gaur, then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, had for a year been ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to provide safe drinking water for communities whose wells were being poisoned by chemicals leaking from the derelict Carbide plant. The reason: lack of funds. But this did not stop him announcing plans to…
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Survivors
“Bhopal isn’t only about charred lungs, poisoned kidneys and deformed foetuses. It’s also about corporate crime, multinational skulduggery, injustice, dirty deals, medical malpractice, corruption, callousness and contempt for the poor. Nothing else explains why the victims’ average compensation was just Rs 25,000—for a lifetime of misery. Yet the victims haven’t given up. Their struggle for…
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Hindi
Hindi.bhopal.net is up and running. Apart from news in Hindi we shall gradually add information primarily for people living in Bhopal. This will include health information and help with documentation and dealing with the authorities. We hope to add future vernacular websites in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and are looking for people who will take on…
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May sense and grace prevail upon Jairam Ramesh
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came to Bhopal on July 5 to meet representatives of the Bhopal survivors organisations. During his last visit to Bhopal on September 14, 2009, he had picked up a piece of hazardous waste stored in the abandoned Union Carbide factory and somewhat like Hrithik Roshan in a Hide & Seek biscuits…
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Charnel Makers: Union Carbide’s disregard for safety nauseates still
OUTLOOK INDIA, July 5, 2010. Union Carbide’s brazen, criminal disregard for safety nauseates still. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his way back from the recent G-20 summit in Toronto, righteously declared his desire to push for a “more favourable” US attitude to extradite former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson. But as his government begins to…
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Times of India exposes Dow’s double standards on Bhopal
Here is something for legal eagles of the government of India to chew on: while Dow Chemical Company denies any responsibility for damages caused by Union Carbide in Bhopal, it has taken over all liability of Carbide for fighting out over 75,000 asbestos related law suits in the US. Dow/Carbide expects to incur liability costs…
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Bhopal letter to Prakash Karat
From: Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Bhopal Group for Information and Action, Children Against Dow Carbide To: Comrade Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) July 2, 2010 Dear Comrade Karat, On behalf of four organizations that have been fighting for the rights to…
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To Comrade Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Dear Comrade Karat: On behalf of four organizations that have been fighting for the rights to justice and a life of dignity of the people poisoned by Union Carbide, we much welcome your initiative in supporting the 26 years old struggle of the survivors of Bhopal. We regret that except what has appeared in the…
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Why I quit Carbide before 1984, by their medical officer Kumkum Saxena
On the night of December 3, 1984, 22 year old Kumkum Saxena sat in her home atop Idgah hill in Bhopal studying for a neurology exam the next day. The phone rang. Hysterical voices talked about a chemical leak, pleading for help. “Oh God, they’ve done it again,” Saxena exclaimed. Chemical leaks were not new…
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Jairam Ramesh gets a roasting from TISS students in Mumbai
Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment and Forests, visited the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai on 28 June, 2010 to deliver an address. Students had planned to hold a silent protest outside the auditorium, but the Director dissuaded them, and offered a meeting with the Minister. Between 30 and 40 students attended the…
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आदिवासियों ने एंडरसन के पुतले को फांसी दी महंगा पानी सस्ता खून वाह री सरकार वाह रे कानून
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति बैतूल, २१ जून बैतूल जिले के दर्जनों गाँव के आदिवासी महिला पुरषों ने एंडरसन के पुतले को फांसी दी. भोपाल गैस कांड में सरकार और न्यापालिका के विफल होने के चलते आज आदिवासियों ने समाजवादी जन परिषद् के बेनर तले बैतूल शहर के लल्ली चौक में ये कार्क्रम किया. कार्यक्रम में सेकड़ों की…
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Unbelievable: Govt of India sells out
Unbelievable: Govt of India sells out New Delhi – On Thursday 24 June, while Bhopal Survivors rallied in the streets of Delhi against the proposal by the Group of Minister on Bhopal, the Union Cabinet approved the measures. The $280 million (Rs 1265.56 crore) plan does little to bring real justice or help to the…
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Survivors demonstrate at M.P. Pollution Control Board
Over 100 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster and people exposed to ground water contaminated by Union Carbide’s hazardous waste, today demonstrated at the office of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board demanding explanation of its role in the toxic exposure and injury of six workers at the MP Waste Management Facility at Pithampur near…
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Open letter to the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board
To the Chairman, MP Pollution Control Board, Paryavaran Parisar, E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopal 462 016 Sub: Personal and Organizational Responsibility for Toxic Injury to six workers at the MP Waste Management Project, Pithampur, Dhar on June 25, 2010. Sir, We survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal and people exposed to ground…
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Government aims to quell public anger rather than help Bhopalis
BHOPAL.NET OPINION. On the face of it, the Group of Ministers’ recommendations seem attractive. 700 crores in “enhanced compensation”, site to be cleaned, Anderson pursued – it sounds good, until you examine the details. Then it becomes clear that these proposals, while seeking to salve the public’s sorely wounded pride, actually do little or nothing…