Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical

Sonu Jain, Express India, June 15, 2008 Bhopal, June 14 386 tonnes were collected and stored in 2005 but no response to tenders; no estimate of total waste so far Who will clean up the waste lying at the site of the Bhopal gas disaster? And when? Months before the 25th anniversary of what is…

IANS, June 14, 2008 New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with the Bhopal gas leak victims, 16 US House of Congress members led by Padma Bhushan Frank Pallone Jr have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring Dow Chemicals to justice. Their letter dated June 5 is strong in its criticism of the US-based…

IANS, June 14, 2008 London, June 14 (IANS) Celebrated Indian-born novelist Indra Sinha has blamed the Indian government and the multinational Dow Chemicals in equal measure for the continuing plight of Bhopal gas disaster victims. Sinha, who also kept fast in support of a number of survivors and activists who went on a hunger strike…

Birmingham Star, 14th June, 2008 Sixteen US House of Congress members have expressed solidarity with the Bhopal gas leak victims in India and have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring Dow Chemicals to justice. A letter from the Congress members is strong in its criticism of the US-based Dow Chemical, which took over Union…

Times of India, June 14, 2008 NEW DELHI: Expressing solidarity with the Bhopal gas leak victims, 16 US House of Congress members led by Padma Bhushan Frank Pallone Jr have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring Dow Chemicals to justice. Their letter dated June 5 is strong in its criticism of the US-based Dow…

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action PRESS RELEASE NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE, 2008. Sixteen US Congresspersons, led by Padma Bhushan Frank Pallone Jr, have sent a letter to the Prime Minister expressing their support to the Bhopalis “epic march” and demands,…

Activists in San Francisco join International Hunger Fast Relay to support Bhopal gas disaster survivors who are on indefinite fast in New Delhi. 13 June, 2008 San Francisco, CA: Activists in San Francisco joined the Global Hunger Strike Relay today by having a public fasting event at the Indian Consulate at 540 Arguello Blvd. The…

Prithwish Ganguly, Daily News & Analysis, June 13, 2008 The American actor will be in India soon to shoot for Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain Oscar nominated writer Julie Delpy (also an actor) will be in India soon to shoot for a forthcoming film Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. The film revolves around a young…

Graeme Neill, The Bookseller, June 12, 2008 Booker-shortlisted author Indra Sinha has begun a hunger strike in support of victims of the Bhopal gas disaster. The Simon & Schuster author of Animal’s People, started the fast on 10th June in an attempt to bring American industrial company Dow Chemical to court in India to face…

CHENNAI, 12 JUNE, 2008 — Chennai youth and school students today formed a human chain to protest custodial violence against children of Bhopal gas tragedy victims in a Delhi police station on June 9, 2008. A total of 14 children were detained overnight at the Parliament Street police station along with 22 adults after they…

Chennai, June 12, 2008 Unlike other days, Chennai weather was pretty favorable for those of us who prepared for the human chain in the evening, which would condemn the Delhi Police violence against peaceful Bhopali protestors. Shweta, in 3 day of her hunger fast, was tirelessly writing placards of slogans like “shame shame, Delhi police”,…

Central Chronicle, June 12, 2008 Bhopal, June 11: Nine Bhopal activists, including survivors of the 1984 Bhopal disaster, victims of water contamination and their supporters on Wednesday commenced an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi to underscore their demands for a special empowered commission for rehabilitation in Bhopal, and legal action against Dow Chemical and…