Tag: Modi
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Women Survivors Flay US President Trump in Effigy with Brooms on Occasion of his Visit to India
Press Statement February 24, 2020 Hundreds of women survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster today flayed US President Trump in effigy with brooms on the occasion of his visit to India. Led by four local organizations, the survivors expressed their anger against the US government for refusing to serve summons issued by the Bhopal…
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केंद्रीय तथा प्रदेश सरकारों पर हादसे के पीड़ितों के प्रति जानबूझ के लापरवाही बरतने और जिम्मेदार अमरीकी कंपनियों के साथ सांठगांठ पर धिक्कार
पत्रकार वार्ता 1 दिसंबर 2017 भोपाल गैस काण्ड की 33 वी बरसी के अवसर पर पीड़ितों के पांच संगठनों के नेताओं ने आज केंद्रीय तथा प्रदेश सरकारों पर हादसे के पीड़ितों के प्रति जानबूझ के लापरवाही बरतने और हादसे के लिए जिम्मेदार अमरीकी कंपनियों के साथ सांठगांठ करने के लिए धिक्कारा | संगठनों ने केंद्रीय…
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Bhopal gas survivor orgs condemn central & state govt for deliberate neglect of Bhopal victims & collusion with US corporations
Press Conference December 1, 2017 On the occasion of the 33rd Anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, leaders of five organisations of the survivors today condemned the central and state governments for deliberate neglect of the victims of the disaster and collusion with the US corporations responsible for the disaster. The organisations charged the central…
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Survivors Lay Their Demands In Front of PM Modi & CM Shivraj Chauhan – #Bhopal33
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan have both not given even a single second to listen to the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, in their tenures till now. So the survivors are protesting by pleading to life size portraits of both leaders to hear their demands.…
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Press Statement: Survivors Present their Greviences to PM Modi and CM Chauhan
21 November 2017 Having failed, despite repeated requests, to present their grievances before the Prime Minister for the last three years and the Chief Minister for the last six years, survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal have today launched a novel way to draw much needed attention to their five most urgent issues…
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Letter to PM Modi: Instruct CBI to Take Harsher Measures Against Dow
To Honourable Prime Minister 152, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi-110011 14 June 2016 Sub: Instruct CBI to take harsher measures against The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC) in the ongoing criminal matter (MJC 91/92) on Bhopal disaster Dear Mr. Prime Minister, On behalf of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal…
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Additional Compensation for Bhopalis: Why is the Prime Minister Silent
Press Conference February 25, 2016 At a Press Conference today, leaders of five organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, condemned the deliberate neglect of the central and state governments towards the curative petition for additional compensation from American corporations. The organizations also launched a postcard campaign requesting the Supreme Court…
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Whose Side is The PM on: Bhopal Gas Victims or Dow Chemical
Press Statement December 18, 2015 At a press conference today, leaders of the five organisations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal condemned the Prime Minister’s “spineless response” to Dow Chemical repeatedly ignoring notices of the Bhopal District Court. The organisations charged that instead of making Dow Chemical obey Indian laws, the Prime…
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The Hindu: Editorial – “A question of justice”
From: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-question-of-justice/article7389380.ece “The record settlement of $18.7 billion that the oil company BP has arrived at in the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster case in the United States has naturally revived the debate on the denial of justice to the victims of a far bigger catastrophe — the Bhopal gas leak. As industrial accidents go, the…
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Modi Govt Completes 1 Year, Bhopal Gas Victims have Nothing to Cheer
PRESS RELEASE (This press release is available in Hindi here) At a press conference today, survivors of the December ‘84 Union Carbide gas disaster, condemned the NDA government for its failure to secure justice and provide rehabilitation during its one year rule. The conference was organized jointly by five Bhopal based organizations fighting for the…
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Press Statement: Bhopal Gas Victims condemn repeated non-appearance of the Dow Chemical Company, USA in the Bhopal District Court
17 March 2015 At a press conference today, five organisations fighting for the rights of the survivors of the December ‘84 Bhopal gas disaster expressed anger at the repeated non-appearance of The Dow Chemical Company, USA, current owner of Union Carbide, in response to the notice sent by the Bhopal District court. The organizations blamed…