Survivors organisations assured reply by the Minister
Representatives of five organizations of survivors of the gas disaster in Bhopal today met with Mr. Ananth Kumar, Minister of Chemicals and Fertlizers, on the issue of additional compensation from Union Carbide, USA. Despite his busy schedule in the city, the Minister who is in charge of all matters concerning the disaster in Bhopal gave a patient hearing to the delegation. The minister also promised to send a reply to the petition presented by the organizations for revision of figures of injury and death caused by the disaster in the curative petition for additional compensation pending before the Supreme Court of India.
Sub: Ensure justice in the 30th year for those affected by poisons of Union Carbide & Dow Chemical.
To: Mr Ananth Kumar, Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 011, Fax No 011 23382368
September 12, 2014
Dear Minister,
We are writing to you on behalf of five organizations working for the welfare of the survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal.
Through this letter and in continuation of our correspondence with your office since June 2010 we reiterate our demand that the governments at the centre and state must:
