Ajay Jha, Gulfnews, April 30, 2008 Seven-month-old Nida with congenital birth defects sits with her mother during a press conference in New Delhi. New Delhi: Aashish, Nawab, Suraj, Richa and Nida are all special children. They were born to parents who had survived the toxic 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and were born with congenital defects. [...]
Priyanka Bhattacharya, NDTV, April 30, 2008 Two decades ago, Bhopal saw one of the worst industrial disasters of the world when the deadly Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the Dow Chemicals plant. Thousands died and many more were disabled for life. Now, even after 24 years, the tragedy continues for the residents of Bhopal [...]
Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian, April 30, 2008 Nida, 17 months old Bhopali girl with a congenital birth defect. Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA · Children of victims suffer but have no health cover · 23 years after disaster, site has still not been cleaned Hundreds of children are still being born with birth defects as a result [...]
The Hindu, April 30, 2008 Children of gas-hit parents continue to suffer from disorders NEW DELHI: Parents of children from Bhopal with serious birth defects presented what they claimed to be evidence of the Government’s criminal negligence towards the next generation of Union Carbide victims at a press conference here on Tuesday. Present at the [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karamachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action 29th-April-2008 At a press conference in New Delhi today, parents of five children with congenital birth defects from Bhopal presented their case of criminal negligence of the Indian government towards the next generation of victims [...]
Indiatime, April 28, 2008 The government of Maharashtra has now given a go-ahead to Dow Chemicals to build a $100 million Research and Development facility in Pune. There are reports that indicate an unusual hastening and extraordinary facilitation of normal procedures to give a green signal to the company which still owes reparations to thousands [...]
Times of India, April 28, 2008 NEW DELHI: The UPA government, it seems, has moved to implement a proposal backed by several key ministers, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Prime Minister’s Office that Dow Chemicals’ business be facilitated in India even while the government pursues a case against it in the [...]
Press Trust of India, April 26, 2008 At least a thousand applications to be file to ask what action has been taken by the govt In an effort to draw attention to the plight of the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a major RTI campaign will be undertaken and at least a thousand applications [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action NEW DELHI, 26 April, 2008 – At least a 1000 people, mostly Delhi residents, will send RTI applications to the Prime Minister’s Office over the next week seeking answers to long-standing questions regarding the Bhopal [...]
Gireesh Chandra Prasad, Economic Times, April 25, 2008 NEW DELHI: US giant Dow Chemicals may have to wait for an independent commission’s views before it could firm up plans for mega investments in India. The government is expected to appoint a high-powered committee to comprehensively look into issues relating to the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, [...]
