Tag: Dharna 2010

  • Day of Action!

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    Join the International Day of Action – Aug 24 Join the International Childrens Day of Action for Justice in Bhopal on August 24, 2010. Children of all ages are encouraged to join the August 24 Day of Action in solidarity with the demands of the Bhopal Gas Disaster survivors. There is an old Indian proverb…

  • Bhopalis conclude Dharna

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    International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal Press Statement – August 18, 2010 Sixty four Members of Parliament from 20 political parties including, BJP, Congress, CPM, CPI, LJP, RSP, BSP and others have endorsed a letter urging the Prime Minister to set up a mechanisms to resolve all pending issues of long term rehabilitation and prosecuting…

  • Dharna Documents

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    Helpful Information about the Dharna Click here to read the Daily Dharna Blog Dharna Demands Compensation Medical Care & Rehabilitation  Legal Action Site Remediation & Memorial Click here to read a full list of demands.  Download Demands in Hindi Download Dharna Flier: [English] or [Hindi] Download views of survivors about GoM decisions: [Engligh] or [Hindi]…

  • Dharna 2010

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    Indefinite Protest Reignites in Delhi Currently, about 150 activists are braving the monsoon season in Delhi to demand compensation, medical care, legal action, and site remediation. Hundreds more are expected to join the dharna, representing 7 survivor organizations. All information about the Dharna, including important document, latest news and updates can be found here on…

  • Day 19

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    Dharna Blog August 14, Day 19 Today at the dharna site, our vigil continued, damp as the afternoon air. I spoke to Abdul Rafi, fondly known to everyone as Mamu, about his story. He has been with the struggle for the full 26 years, and was 13 when the gas disaster hit in 1984. He…

  • Day 18

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    Dharna Blog August 13, Day 18 The dharna site was quiet today, the mood steady but resigned to waiting. Meanwhile Rasheeda bi, Shalini, Rachna and Sathyu were able to get around 20-25 more endorsements of our petition by parliamentarians, and the personal secretaries of some MPs helped us access other parliamentarians. It was hard to…

  • Press Conference

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    PRESS CONFERENCE What: Bhopalis to conclude dharna; 62 MPs from 19 Political Parties Write to PM Significant progress on major demands When: 18 August, 2010. 3 p.m. Where: Jantar Mantar dharna sthal Background: More than 60 MPs spanning 19 political parties have endorsed a letter to the PM urging him to resolve all pending rehabilitation…

  • Day 21

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    Dharna Blog Day 21 – 16 August 2010 Rachna and Shalini set out early morning for the Parliament.  They have been visiting the Parliament since last week in order to get endorsements from different Members of Parliaments. A week later, both of them seem to know a lot more of the Parliament and its many…

  • Day 17

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    Dharna Blog Day 17: 11 August, 2010 Braving the humidity and heat all of us once again marched to Jantar Mantar in the morning from our night home, the shelter house at St’ Columbus School.  Once there, Mamu, Vikas and others put up the temporary tent and we all sat down together for our morning…

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    Dharna Blog Day 16 – Aug 10, 2010 Part 2 (political update by Kaveri) Shalini and Rachna went to the parliament today morning. The night before, Sandeep Dixit had informed us that there was to be a discussion on the gas disaster in Lok Sabha, and we’d send him some relevant documents. However, we didn’t…

  • Day 15

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    Dharna Blog Day 15, Aug 9 –by Garima Today was an exceptionally cheerful day at the dharna sthal as about 70 new faces from Bhopal had replaced the previous batch. Sakina and Sana did yet another round of AIIMS hospital for Sana’s tumor operation and have finally been given a date for the operation. They…

  • Day 16, part 1

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    Dharna Blog Day 16: Aug 10, 2010 – part 1 (Life at the Dharna) by A.R. Corwin It’s hard to tell from the photos the exact atmosphere of the Dharna. Sitting in Jantar Mantar on a humid day, only part of the area shaded by a nearby tree, where the temperature reached 97 degrees F/…

  • Letter to Environmental Minister

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    Open Letter to Jairam Ramesh Documents of interest: Download the Technical Review of the reports published by NEERI and NGRI; Download the roadmap to remediation by Bhopal Survivor Organizations. TO: Chairman, Bhopal Environmental Remediation Oversight Committeeand Minister of State, Ministry of Environment & Forests.Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO ComplexLodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 August 05, 2010…

  • Day 14

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    Dharna Blog Day 14: August 8 The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. –Helen Keller More than what I see in the physical presence of the dharna is what I try and understand about the feelings of the people who have been here at the dharna this year. I…

  • Day 12

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    Dharna Blog Day 12: Aug 6, 2010 As with many days, the day began with the dawn of interacting with the children of Delhi. Unlike most days, they came to us. Students from the Millenium School came to visit Jantar Mantar, not our dharna per se. The students were walking around Jantar Mantar and they…