STORY IN PICTURES Women from communities whose water is poisoned by cancer- and birth-defect-causing chemicals leaking from Union Carbide’s derelict factory in Bhopal gather outside the house of Gas Relief Minister Babu Lal Gaur. They came to remind Gaur that on August 21, when he was Chief Minister, he had allowed them to tie “rakhees” [...]
FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS BHOPAL’S POLITICIANS HAVE IGNORED AN INDIAN SUPREME COURT ORDER TO PROVIDE CLEAN SAFE WATER TO COMMUNITIES WHOSE WELLS AND PUMPS ARE POISONED BY UNION CARBIDE’S CHEMICALS More photographs on ACTIONS blog. Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action [...]
SALEEM NAIK, A DOCTOR AT THE BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ANSWERS CRITICS OF THE STRIKE. PICTURES ARE FROM TODAY’S DEMONSTRATION BY GAS VICTIMS IN SUPPORT OF THE STRIKING HOSPITAL STAFF. Survivors organisations arrive at the scene of the protest The other day there was a column in the Hindustan Times about the Hippocratic oath. The respected [...]
BHOPAL: 21 DECEMBER 2005 At least 300 employees, including about one hundred doctors of the 350-bed super speciality Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, have been sacked following the expiry of a 24-hour ultimatum given by the management to the agitating staff to return to work. Besides about 100 doctors, others whose service was terminated [...]
Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ envisioned an America in thrall to a homespun facist dictator. Newly reissued, it’s as unsettling a read as ever. THIS EXCELLENT REVIEW BY JOE KEOHANE IS SHAMELESSLY NICKED FROM “THE BOSTON GLOBE” December 18, 2005 PICTURE THIS: A folksy, self-consciously plainspoken Southern politician rises to power during [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2005 BY MARY MORGAN Business Editor A mere twelve days after a surprise visit by the activist group Students for Bhopal caused Dow Chairman William Stavropoulos “great consternation,” he has decided to step down. In a press release dated December 13, 2005, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced that William S. [...]
NIKO KYRIAKOU/ONEWORLD.NET December 12, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO – The global struggle to force Union Carbide and its current owner, Dow Chemical, to take responsibility for a deadly gas leak that occurred in India 21 years ago has gradually gained steam and is now a centerpiece in the growing movement to hold corporations accountable for the [...]
To commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, a candlelight vigil was organized by AID Baton Rouge on the evening of Dec 3, 2005. About 30 people attended the vigil, which commenced with the lighting of candles. Prakash Narayanan, an AID volunteer, addressed the attendees on the tragedy, current health of survivors and [...]
K.S. SHAINI WRITING IN OUTLOOK INDIA Even before it could take off, the Madhya Pradesh government’s plans to build a memorial for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is in the thick of controversy. The government proposes to spend close to Rs 100 crore on building a memorial park at the 67-acre site where [...]
On December 2nd, 2005, the Bloomington chapter of the Association for India’s Development hosted a vigil and documentary screening to mark the 21st anniversary of the world’s worst-ever industrial disaster. “We had a good turnout for the vigil though the documentary was a washout since we were screening the same one as last year. “We [...]
