भोपाल में यूनियन कार्बाइड गैस हादसे की 38वीं बरसी के अवसर पर आयोजित पत्रकार वार्ता में गैस पीड़ितों के पाँच संगठनों के नेताओं ने उम्मीद जताई कि राज्य सरकार, सुप्रीम कोर्ट में क्यूरेटिव पिटीशन पर होने वाली सुनवाई में गैसकाण्ड से हुई मौतों और लोगों के स्वास्थ्य को पहुँचे नुकसान के सही आँकड़े पेश करने के अपने वादे को पूरा करेगी ।नेताओं ने घोषणा की कि वे यूनियन कार्बाइड और डाव केमिकल से गैसकाण्ड के लिए अतिरिक्त मुआवजे के मुद्दे पर कल जंतर-मंतर पर अपनी रैली के लिए आज शाम को दिल्ली के लिए रवाना होंगे।
At a press conference held on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, leaders of five survivors organizations expressed hope that the state government will fulfill its promises of presenting correct figures of death and health damage caused by the disaster in the soon to be heard Curative petition before the Supreme Court. The leaders announced that they will be leaving for Delhi later in the day for their rally at Jantar Mantar tomorrow on the issue of additional compensation for the disaster from Union Carbide and Dow Chemical.
At a Press Conference today, five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal launched their month-long campaign to make governments at the state and the centre, honour their promises for additional compensation before the 38th anniversary of the disaster. The organizations shared their plan to hold a peaceful rally in New Delhi on the occasion of the 38th Anniversary of the disaster on December 3, 2022.
Leaders of five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal expressed satisfaction at the Indian government’s commitment to pursue the Curative Petition for additional compensation in the Supreme Court at today’s hearing. They expressed hope that while the Court has limited the participation of organizations in the Curative Petition, the government will pay due regard to the claims of the Bhopal victims for enhanced compensation, as they are required to do by statute, as per extent of injuries suffered and deaths caused by the disaster.
Officials of the ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers today assured leaders of organizations of survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster that the government of India will continue to pursue the Curative Petition for additional compensations coming up for hearing in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The Curative Petition filed in 2010 by the UPA government seeks 96 billion rupees as additional compensation for the disaster from Union Carbide and its owner Dow Chemical.