Category: News Articles on Bhopal & Dow Chemical
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Govt hand in glove with Dow Chemicals, say lawyers and retired judges
Express news service, April 24, 2008 Pune, April 23: Around 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers from Pune and the state have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister stating that the attempts by the Prime Minister’s office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are unconstitutional and illegal.…
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Government of India-Dow deal on Bhopal illegal, legal professionals say
PRESS RELEASE April 23, 2008 Lokayat Pune Municipal Employees Union Pune Shahar Molkarin Sangathana Sarva Shramik Sangathana, Pune Pune, 23 April, 2008 — More than 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers, have said the attempts by the Prime Minister’s office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are unconstitutional…
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Govt urgency to address Bhopal gas tragedy woes worries activists
Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, April 23, 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…
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Memo on Bhopal: lawyers, retired judges question ‘immunity’ to Dow
Express News Service, April 22, 2008 NEW DELHI, APRIL 21: More than 200 retired judges and lawyers have signed a memorandum that says that the attempts made by the Government to grant “immunity” to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are “unconstitutional and illegal”. The memorandum alleges that the Central Government is colluding with Dow…
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'Dow Chemicals seeking immunity in Bhopal gas tragedy'
Express India, April 22, 2008 New Delhi, April 22: A CPI member on Tuesday claimed that the US-based multinational Dow Chemicals is trying to seek immunity in the Bhopal gas tragedy case in return for investments in India. “Today, Dow Chemicals is trying to influence the highest offices in the country – bargaining for immunity…
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Growing up in the shadow of Bhopal
Business Standard, April 22, 2008 Thirty-eight days of walking from Bhopal to New Delhi and 18 days of sitting in dharna at Jantar Mantar have not fatigued the people of Bhopal who have been camping in New Delhi to seek justice 24 years after the country’s worst industrial disaster at the Union Carbide chemicals plant…
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It is bad science to keep information back
Satinath Sarangi, the Hindu, April 22, 2008 In addition to knowing about and treating their poison-ravaged bodies, the people in Bhopal need research to know what lies in store for the children born to gas-affected and contamination-affected parents. Right to knowledge: A Bhopal gas tragedy survivor sitting in protest in New Delhi.
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Government of India-Dow deal illegal, legal professionals say
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action NEW DELHI, 21 April, 2008 — More than 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers, have said the attempts by the Prime Minister’s office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal…
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Bhopal GoM back demand for Commission
Business Standard, April 18, 2008 Representatives of the three organisations working among people affected in Bhopal by the Union Carbide tragedy expressed satisfaction with the response of the group of ministers (GoM) on Bhopal. The organisations had led a march of 50 Bhopal survivors and their supporters from Bhopal to Delhi, and have been on…
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Bhopal gas leak victims step up their campaign in Delhi for justice
ANI, April 18th, 2008 New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Victims of the Bhopal gas leak case have stepped up their campaign for justice in New Delhi. Seeking justice and rehabilitation, the survivors camping have been in the capital for the past few days.
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Child pens letter in blood to Indian PM about plight of Bhopal gas disaster survivors
Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, 17 April, 2008 Bhopal: An 11-year old girl Yasmin on Wednesday penned a letter to the Prime Minister of India in blood to get him to meet the long-standing demands of survivors of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster.
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A letter in blood to Manmohan
Aarti Dhar, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2008 NEW DELHI: After walking for 38 days from Bhopal to reach New Delhi and staying a fortnight at Jantar Mantar here, Yasmin penned a letter in blood to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Relief measures for Bhopal gas victims reviewed
IANS, April 17th, 2008 New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A group of ministers (GoM) headed by Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh met here Thursday after a gap of three years to review the relief measures for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. “The central government should consider annual allocation of Rs.50 crore…
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Delhi school kids march for Bhopal gas tragedy victims
Thaindian, April 16th, 2008 New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Over 100 school kids participated in a rally here Wednesday in support of the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who marched from Bhopal to Delhi, demanding rehabilitation and compensation for them and their children. Echoing the marchers’ demands for an empowered commission to provide medical, social, economic…
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Activists protest highlighting issues of Bhopal gas victims
Trading Markets, April 14, 2008 New York, Apr 12, 2008 — Several activist groups led by Amnesty International have held a demonstration here demanding measures by the Indian government to address issues concerning to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.