KS Shaini, BBC news, 30 September, 2008 There are no takers for the toxic waste left behind at the site of the world’s worst industrial accident. No way has been found to dispose off the waste In the early hours of 3 December 1984, a toxic chemical leaked from a pesticide plant then run by [...]
Domain-b.com, September 27, 2008 Mumbai: Chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has ordered the Dow Chemical project at Shinde Vasuli, near Chakan, about 25 km from Pune, to stop work for a month, following intesified agitation against the project by local people. The chief minister, who is currently on a European tour, took the decision keeping in [...]
Calcutta Telegraph, September 27, 2008 Mumbai, Sept. 27: Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh got a taste of Singur when he was forced to order US multinational Dow Chemicals yesterday to suspend construction work in the state following objections from local people that the project would affect the environment. Deshmukh, on a tour of England and [...]
The celebrations keep coming. With all strength of purpose now focussed back on Dow, incredible news from Maharashtra: Dow’s proposed R&D centre outside Pune, a vital component of its global strategy and one of the first parts of its core technology work to be moved overseas, has been stopped in production due to massive state-wide [...]
Economic Times, September 27, 2008 MUMBAI: State chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday has issued orders to stop work on the controversial Dow Chemical plant, near Pune, for a month. The project will be reviewed and a decision will be taken after a month, Mr Deshmukh, who is in London on an investment mission for [...]
Business Standard, September 27, 2008 Appoints panel to look into protesters’ charges. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has stayed the construction of Dow Chemical’s research and development (R&D) facility at Vasuli-Shinde village near Chakan in Pune district of Maharashtra. While staying the construction work for a month, Deshmukh has also announced the appointment of a [...]
Sindh Today, September 26, 2008 Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) Followers of the Varkari sect in Maharashtra Friday intensified their agitation against Dow Chemicals to press their demand for closure of the multinational company’s unit near here for alleged pollution. The Varkaris staged a protest in Chakan, Alandi and Khed sub-districts. The Varkaris, known for their [...]
The following report is from one of the organisations campaigning against the proposed Dow R&D facility in Pune. Ed. September 23, 2008 Friends, The agitation against Dow has intensified. Since the arrest of Banda Tatya Maharaj Karadkar on Saturday, there have been continuous protests all over Maharashtra. • Yesterday, protests were held in Thane. Today, [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action September 24, 2008 *Press Statement* Organizations of survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal were assured today that all the 14 communities affected by ground water contamination will receive supply of water from [...]
John Pitman Weber, Visual Art Today, September 10th, 2008 Lynn Hill, documentary photography Curated by John Pitman Weber Chicago: Lynn Hill’s portfolio of sidewalk portraits from Delhi, India is engaging, beautiful and humane. Of the two dozen odd images, ten are individual portraits, six are images of parent (or grandparent) and child, the rest show [...]
