NDTV.COM
Monday, April 17, 2006 (New Delhi):
A group of Bhopal gas tragedy victims have called off their week long hunger strike after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assurance to take welfare measures required by them.
“We have decided to call off our hunger strike as the Prime Minister has promised to meet four of the six demands,” spokesperson for the protestors Nityanand Jayaraman said after a meeting with the PM.
A group of victims of the 1984 gas tragedy had sought setting up of a Commission to look into compensation issues, demands of providing them with clean water, removal of toxic debris from the factory site and setting up of a monument in Bhopal for the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy.
The Prime Minister assured that the government will take whatever welfare measures that are required for those affected by the gas tragedy. (PTI)
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