Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical
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Bhopali Kids Drive Home their Demands to PM
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Five month old water contamination affected Nida outside Manmohan Singh’s residence today NEW DELHI, 5 May, 2008 — More than 40 Bhopali children – the Generation Next of Union Carbide’s victims – along with their…
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CBI to send letter rogatory to US in case against Dow subsidiary
Aasha Khosa, Business Standard, May 2, 2008 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will shortly send a letter rogatory to the US authorities to question Dow Chemicals, which was fined by a US district court after its subsidiary DE-Nocil was accused of paying bribes worth Rs 80 lakh to Indian officials to register banned pesticides…
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`Action has been taken`
Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, May 2, 2008 On its part, Dow Chemicals has said the “issue has been thoroughly investigated and disciplinary action taken”. “Some individuals did not follow Dow’s Code of Business Conduct and we will not tolerate employees who engage in unethical behavior. Once we learned of this situation involving a joint-venture subsidiary…
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Next generation Bhopal victims join protest
Ajay Jha, Gulfnews, April 30, 2008 Seven-month-old Nida with congenital birth defects sits with her mother during a press conference in New Delhi. New Delhi: Aashish, Nawab, Suraj, Richa and Nida are all special children. They were born to parents who had survived the toxic 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and were born with congenital defects.…
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Bhopal in horror over Dow’s return
Priyanka Bhattacharya, NDTV, April 30, 2008 Two decades ago, Bhopal saw one of the worst industrial disasters of the world when the deadly Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the Dow Chemicals plant. Thousands died and many more were disabled for life. Now, even after 24 years, the tragedy continues for the residents of Bhopal…
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Bhopal: hundreds of new victims are born each year
Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian, April 30, 2008 Nida, 17 months old Bhopali girl with a congenital birth defect. Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA · Children of victims suffer but have no health cover · 23 years after disaster, site has still not been cleaned Hundreds of children are still being born with birth defects as a result…
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Bhopal victims present ‘clinching’ proof of apathy
The Hindu, April 30, 2008 Children of gas-hit parents continue to suffer from disorders NEW DELHI: Parents of children from Bhopal with serious birth defects presented what they claimed to be evidence of the Government’s criminal negligence towards the next generation of Union Carbide victims at a press conference here on Tuesday. Present at the…
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Nod to Dow’s R&D facility puts Maha in a tight spot
Times of India, April 28, 2008 NEW DELHI: The UPA government, it seems, has moved to implement a proposal backed by several key ministers, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Prime Minister’s Office that Dow Chemicals’ business be facilitated in India even while the government pursues a case against it in the…
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RTI drive to raise Bhopal gas tragedy issue
Press Trust of India, April 26, 2008 At least a thousand applications to be file to ask what action has been taken by the govt In an effort to draw attention to the plight of the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a major RTI campaign will be undertaken and at least a thousand applications…
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1000 RTI Campaign to Break PM’s Silence on Pending Bhopal Issues
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action NEW DELHI, 26 April, 2008 – At least a 1000 people, mostly Delhi residents, will send RTI applications to the Prime Minister’s Office over the next week seeking answers to long-standing questions regarding the Bhopal…
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Panel to decide Dow proposal fate as gas tragedy shadow still looms
Gireesh Chandra Prasad, Economic Times, April 25, 2008 NEW DELHI: US giant Dow Chemicals may have to wait for an independent commission’s views before it could firm up plans for mega investments in India. The government is expected to appoint a high-powered committee to comprehensively look into issues relating to the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster,…
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Bhopalis Protest Agri Ministry Inaction on Dow Bribery Scandal
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information & Action PRESS RELEASE banned in the US, sold freely in India after Dow’s bribes secured its registration NEW DELHI, 25 APRIL, 2008 — Thirty survivors of the Bhopal Gas disaster, staged a die-in in front of…
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The ultimate constitutional and human rights obscenity
Prof Upendra Baxi April 23, 2008 The Bhopal -violated and long- suffering humanity justly continue to claim their human rights, to voice their saga of suffering, contending the cruel and predatory ways of Indian governance. They do a great service in reminding us that Indian governance cannot continue as if internationally and constitutionally proclaimed human…
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Bhopal gas tragedy`s watery trail to tell a story
Shashikant Trivedi, Business Standard, April 24, 2008 THE OTHER INDIA The Bhopal gas tragedy remains a live issue 23 years after toxic gases leaked out of a Union Carbide plant in December 1984. Recent developments indicate a desire on the part of the government to put an end to it. A series of reports looks…