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Economic Times, September 27, 2008 MUMBAI: State chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday has issued orders to stop work on the controversial Dow Chemical plant, near Pune, for a month. The project will be reviewed and a decision will be taken after a month, Mr Deshmukh, who is in London on an investment mission for…

Business Standard, September 27, 2008 Appoints panel to look into protesters’ charges. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has stayed the construction of Dow Chemical’s research and development (R&D) facility at Vasuli-Shinde village near Chakan in Pune district of Maharashtra. While staying the construction work for a month, Deshmukh has also announced the appointment of a…

Sindh Today, September 26, 2008 Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) Followers of the Varkari sect in Maharashtra Friday intensified their agitation against Dow Chemicals to press their demand for closure of the multinational company’s unit near here for alleged pollution. The Varkaris staged a protest in Chakan, Alandi and Khed sub-districts. The Varkaris, known for their…

The Hindu, August 9, 2008 NEW DELHI: Bhopal gas leak survivors ended their four-month-long dharna here on Friday after the Centre formally announced the setting up of an Empowered Commission and promised legal action on the civil and criminal liabilities of Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals. Thousands of people died when a toxic gas leaked…

Calcutta Telegraph, August 9, 2008 New Delhi, Aug. 8: The Centre has rejected industrialist Ratan Tata’s proposal that Indian companies clean up the environmental damage in Bhopal caused by the 1984 gas disaster. Chemicals minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said the Group of Ministers (GoM) handling the case had rejected Tata’s proposal since it effectively…

Agence France Presse, August 8, 2008 Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy protest outside the Indian Prime Minister’s Residence in May 2008 NEW DELHI (AFP) — Victims of India’s 1984 Bhopal gas leak which killed thousands of people ended months of sit-in protests on Friday after the government promised new assistance. About 70 people…

Tha Indian news, August 8, 2008 New Delhi , August 8 (ANI): Survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, one of the worst industrial tragedies in the country on Friday celebrated government assurance to set up a commission to look into the grievances of the victims. More than 3,500 people died in the days and weeks…

Press Trust of India, August 8, 2008 New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Giving in to demands of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors, the Government today announced that an Empowered Commission will be set up to look into all aspects of rehabilitation of the victims and cleaning-up of hazardous waste lying in the area. Union Minister for…

Business Standard, August 8, 2008 The Centre today reached an agreement with those protesting for medical relief for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims and environmental recovery of the site of the Union Carbide plant from where the gas leak had occurred in 1984. The organisations representing the victims today announced that they would call off…

Express India, August 6, 2008 Pune, August 05. Justifying the violent turn of events on July 25 at Dow Chemical complex in Shinde village, 60 km from the city, Banda Tatya Karadkar, leader of warkaris, said that he had been compelled to use force by the government. “It is my experience that the government has…