Author: Rox Carter
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“Our own government does everything to help the American corporations” – Indefinate Faster Premlata Chaudhary Speaks
“Union Carbide’s poisons have killed people in my family in direct and indirect ways. What I find most distressing is that our own government does everything to help the American corporations and does not pay any attention to our worsening condition. Through our fast we hope to make people in the government sit up and…
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“I AM NOT AFRAID OF DYING” – Indefinate Faster Shezadi Bee Speaks
“Different parties have come to power in the last three decades but none has paid any attention to the survivors of Bhopal. I am not afraid of dying and hope my death will make the government take notice of the situation in Bhopal.” On the night of the disaster Shezadi ran with her husband and…
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“IF I DIE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE TO BLAME.” – Vishnu Panthi, Indefinite Faster
“If I die the government will be to blame. I am tired of the falsehoods of our government. The Chief Minister made a promise of Rs. 5 lakhs to each affected person and then betrayed that promise.” The poison clouds from the Union Carbide factory hit Vishnu a little after midnight. She and other members of…
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Bhopal victims launch hunger strike for better compensation
NEW DELHI: Victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, suffering deformities and illnesses, staged a hunger strike in the Indian capital Monday for increased compensation ahead of the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Holding signs that read “Justice for Bhopal“, about 100 mainly women and children gathered at a protest site in New Delhi, including first…
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Warren Anderson’s death to impact film on Bhopal gas tragedy?
The death of Warren Anderson former CEO of Union Carbide who was held responsible for the death of thousands during what infamously incident came to be known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died on September 29. The sudden death of the controversial figure puts a question mark on the film Bhopal: A Prayer For Rains, the…
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Bhopal unending tragedy? Thirty years after the incident.
There is much that is interesting about Bhopal. The period between 1890 and 1926, for example, when it was ruled by a succession of Begums, or its sobriquet of ‘city of lakes’. If Benaras is known for its exquisite silks, Bhopal was famous for its zari work. All that changed on the intervening night of December 2-3,…
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Bhopal Gas tragedy: Victims to go on indefinite hunger fast from today
New Delhi: Ahead of the 30th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy, the representatives of five organizations of survivors will today go on an indefinite fast at the Jantar Mantar where they will place demands to enhance compensation. The agitation would be organised under the banner of hundreds of survivors who would support the fast by…
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors gear up for indefinite fast
Bhopal gas tragedy victims gathered at Neelam Park in Bhopal on Sunday in sizeable numbers before leaving for New Delhi to participate in a protest at Jantar Mantar on Monday to highlight their demand for greater compensation from Union Carbide or its successor company Dow Chemical. The five organisations leading the protest are also demanding…
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Five women representatives from Bhopal-based organisations along with thousands of survivors of the Union Carbide tragedy today began an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding enhancement in the compensation. The agitators called on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers to correct the errors of the…
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors to begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar from Monday
BHOPAL : A group of survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy will start an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from Monday. Pressing their demand for additional compensation for all survivors and correction of data in the curative petition filed in the Supreme Court by the centre, a delegation of victims left Bhopal for…
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Bhopal Gas Victims Begin Indefinite Fast in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Monday began an indefinite fast in Delhi, demanding additional compensation for those affected and revision of the figures after 30 years of suffering. The Union Carbide disaster took place on the intervening night of Dec 2-3, 1984. Five women survivors began their fast at Jantar Mantar with…
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Image of Asia: Survivors Want Bhopal Toll Revised
Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. The survivors commenced an indefinite hunger strike in the capital demanding additional compensation for those affected and revision of casualty figures after 30 years of suffering. On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud…
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“What About Swachh Bhopal?” – Chennaiites Ask Prime Minister
PRESS RELEASE: 10 November, 2014 CHENNAI — Even as five Bhopal gas victims began a waterless hunger strike in Delhi today, the Bhopal campaign’s Chennai supporters declared at a press conference that it was unfortunate that survivors of the worst industrial disaster are waiting for compensation, medical rehabilitation and justice even 30 years after the event. Chennai supporters…
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Bhopal Survivors Begin Indefinite Fast in New Delhi – Demand Revision in Disaster Figures
November 10, 2014 Five women survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today began a fast in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi along with a thousand survivors and their children sitting in a dharna. Five Bhopal based organizations that are jointly leading the protest called on the Prime Minister and the Minister of Chemicals and…
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Diane Wilson – Donor Appeal Letter 2014
Dear Friends, 23 years ago, I heard a huge explosion outside my window in Seadrift, Texas. It was the Union Carbide factory. The explosion rattled windows twenty miles away and threw shrapnel the size of a car into the fields. It shook my house. One person was killed and 30 were injured–it could have been…