Category: Shameless
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims rue government apathy even after 24 years
ANI, December 2, 2008 Bhopal, Dec 2 (ANI): Even after 24 years of the Bhopal gas tragedy, victims affected by it are still awaiting help and support. Demanding government intervention, the victims said that their long fight for justice has cost them a fortune. “Until now four billion rupees have been spent by these people…
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The cursed children of Bhopal
Andrew Buncombe, The Independent, 19 November, 2008 A girl born deaf. A young man with severe diabetes. They were not even alive when a deadly cloud of chemicals escaped from the Union Carbide plant. But the suffering goes on. Wednesday, 19 November 2008 Three years after the accident Mrs Ahirwar gave birth to a son,…
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NGO against destruction of gas tragedy papers
Mynews.in, July 31, 2008 Bhopal: A non-government organisation working for victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy today protested a proposal by the Welfare Commissioner (Gas Tragedy Claims) to destroy documents presented in claim courts. ”’This will amount to injustice,” Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan Convenor Abdul Jabar told mediapersons here while reacting to…
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Tragic Tales
Mwatima Issa, Express India, June 23, 2008 A dialogue between Raghu Rai’s photos and a play by Parnab Mukherjee juxtaposed to bring home the unforgettable horrors of the Bhopal gas leak and its implications Continuing their cultural activities with social messages that dessiminate awareness among common people, city-based NGO Lokayat recently organised a play titled…
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US firm has lower regard for Indian lives: NRI writer
Press Trust of India, June 15, 2008 Indian-origin novelist Indra Sinha, who won the Commonwealth award for the best book in the European and Asian region, has severely criticised the US multinational Dow Chemicals for showing ”lower regard for Indian lives than for American ones.” Sinha, who in March won honours for his novel ‘Animal’s…
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BJP received Rs 1 lakh from Dow chemicals
Express India, June 14, 2008 Bhopal, June 14: Three leading Bhopal Gas Peedit (sufferers) organisations have assailed the ruling BJP party for accepting Rs one lakh donation from Dow Chemicals. They said this showed the state government’s “aggressive efforts” to protect the American Multinational from its environmental responsibilities”. “BBC’s report about Dow Chemical’s Rs one…
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Party defensive on Dow Chemicals donation
Business Standard, June 14, 2008 The BJP appeared to be on the defensive after news reports that it had accepted donations from Dow Chemicals, the company which had taken over Union Carbide, implicated in the Bhopal gas tragedy. Party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the party was going into the details of the donation. “In…
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims condemn state government
IANS, June 14, 2008 Bhopal, June 14 (IANS) An organisation of victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak holocaust has condemned the Madhya Pradesh government for pushing to incinerate toxic wastes from the closed pesticide plant despite the recommendations of experts. Syed M. Irfan, president of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha, said: “The…
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Bhopal gas victims go on indefinite hunger strike
ANI, June 11, 2008 New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy have gone on an indefinite hunger strike to pressurize the government to give into their demands. Satinath Sarangi, member of the Bhopal Group for Information Action said, “We will end our hunger strike only after we win our demands.” The victims…
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BJP in row over party donations
Panini Anand, BBC Hindi service, June 11, 2008 Dow Chemicals has acquired the controversial firm Union Carbide India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accepted a $2,500 donation from Dow Chemical, government documents have revealed. Dow Chemical is the American firm which bought the controversial company Union Carbide in 2001. A gas leak from the…
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Bhopal Gas Holocaust Survivors Continue Hunger Strike
News Post India, June 11, 2008 Bhopal gas leak tragedy survivors, who have dismissed the prime minister’s promise to set up a rehabilitation council for them and started a hunger strike in the capital to press their demands, continued their agitation Wednesday. Nine survivors, who are victims of water contamination in the aftermath of the…
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SURVIVORS – INCLUDING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 6 – BEATEN UP IN POLICE STATION
AXN ALERT 9 JUNE 2008. 6.30pm GMT. Plainclothes policemen and women and some uniformed police today beat up Bhopal survivors and their children inside the parliament street police station. 16 year old Imran was belted by policemen, including Yad Ram, a uniformed policeman from the Parliament Street police station. The belting has hurt his eye, and…
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Kamalnath: collaboration with Dow exposes him as a Mir Zafar, say Bhopal survivors
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action June 3, 2008 Press Statement Commerce and Industries Minister Kamalnath genuflects before Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, part of a backdrop for the inaugural Mir Zafar Awards last year Leaders of two organizations of Bhopal survivors…
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MP minister quits after raids in ‘fake drug purchase’
Ajay Vishnoi was acting chief of the Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department when resigning over the following corruption scandal… Milind Ghatwai, Indian Express, June 3, 2008 Scandal Health Commissioner also resigns after allegations of official-builder-supplier nexus BHOPAL, JUNE 2: Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi, whose department has come under a cloud with the…
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From a Government without a heart
Bhopal dharna diary, May 29, 2008 This morning, we got half of what we came here for. Prithviraj Chavan, representing the Prime Minister’s Office, came to the dharna sthal and read a statement conveying the Government’s in-principle agreement to our demand for the Empowered Commission. This is a huge first step. The Commission would ensure…