10th Feb 2009, Chennai: A group of 75 Bhopalis, including 15 members of ‘Children against Dow –Carbide,’ were in Chennai for the ‘Justice Rocks Concert’. While hundreds of Chennai Youth hummed to the tune of “Don’t work for dirty Dow’, Bhopalis decided to have a protest right at Dow’s hideout in Chennai. And the preparations [...]
CHENNAI, 10 February, 2009 — More than 70 survivors and second-generation victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster staged a die-in protest at the entrance to Dow Chemical-Union Carbide’s office in Olympia Tech Park at Guindy Estate today. Twenty five women lay on the ground with shrouds covering their bodies – symbolizing the 25 years [...]
Indian Express, February 3, 2009 New York: A lawyer who oversaw the compensation fund for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks has offered to help resolve a long-running water pollution lawsuit stemming from the deadly Bhopal gas leak in India 25 years ago, court papers show. Well-known US attorney Kenneth Feinberg has told Bhopal [...]
Rina Chandran, Reuters, February 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s western Maharashtra state has ordered a Dow Chemical research center be built at a new location after villager protests over pollution concerns, a newspaper report said, the latest in a series of farm and industry showdowns. However Dow, which has operated in India for more [...]
Express India, February 1, 2009 Pune: Chavan says alternative site for the plant will be decided later The verdict is out on the fate of Dow Chemicals R&D centre that was coming up at Chakan in Pune. The one-year struggle put up by villagers of Shinde and Vasuli against Dow Chemicals has paid off with [...]
