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Centre won’t seek more relief for Bhopal victims!As Nuclear Liability Bill is passsed by the LPG Mafia Rule, Nuclear disaster waits for Mulnivasi Bahujan masses! Just see the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims!Jaitapur and other Nuclear sites are Predestined

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Centre won't seek more relief for Bhopal victims!As Nuclear Liability Bill is passsed by the LPG Mafia Rule, Nuclear disaster waits for Mulnivasi Bahujan masses! Just see the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims!Jaitapur and other Nuclear sites are Predestined as well!

The group of ministers (GoM) on theBhopal gas tragedy headed by home minister P Chidambaram on Friday decided not to change classification of victims for compensation or accept a higher number for casualties in the 1984 gas leak in the Centre's curative petition before the Supreme Court. 
Victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy burnt an effigy of Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday in Bhopal in protest against the recent decision of the Group of Ministers on Bhopal of not revising the figures of deaths and injuries caused by the disaster in the curative petition pending before the Supreme Court.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says,The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leakincident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited(UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanategas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[2] Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.[3][4] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[5] As many as 25,000 deaths have been attributed to the disaster in recent estimates.[6]

UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), with Indian Government controlled banks and the Indian public holding a 49.1 percent stake. In 1994, the Supreme Court of India allowed UCC to sell its 50.9 percent share. Union Carbide sold UCIL, the Bhopal plant operator, to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994. The Bhopal plant was later sold to McLeod Russel (India) Ltd. Dow Chemical Company purchased UCC in 2001. Civil and criminal cases are pending in the United States District Court, Manhattan and the District Court of Bhopal, India, involving UCC, UCIL employees, and Warren Anderson, UCC CEO at the time of the disaster.[7][8] In June 2010, seven ex-employees, including the former UCIL chairman, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by law. An eighth former employee was also convicted, but died before judgment was passed.[1] 

Twenty seven years have gone by since the Bhopal Gas tragedy. The victims of the biggest industrial accident are yet to receive succour. "The Bhopal Gas Tragedy " has been lost in the collective consciousness of the nation. Yes, life has to go on - we must light candles and offer prayers for the victims of September, 11 2001 - but do spare a thought for those who lost their lives in their devotion to duty.Black 3rd December brought the news that people had been dropping dead like flies in Bhopal and those who could manage were scrambling into trains which were running away from Bhopal. There was a mass exodus with the Government functionaries abandoning Bhopal and commandeering whatever vehicles were available. Victims, calling for his removal as the chairperson of the GoM, alleged that Mr. Chidambaram has a history of being "devoted to Union Carbide's owner Dow Chemical". "The decision is unilaterally imposed by Mr. Chidambaram on the entire group. It goes against scientific data compiled by the government's own apex research agency Indian Council of Medical Research," said Rashida Bee, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh. 

Presenting a copy of a letter written by Chidambaram to the PMO in 2006, Nawab Khan of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha said, "Mr. Chidambaram had written to the Prime Minister to let Dow Chemical walk away from its liabilities in Bhopal. His latest attempt to downplay the damage caused by the American company shows how devoted he continues to be to Dow Chemical Company". Survivor organizations also sent a copy of a letter addressed to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan by Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh religious leaders seeking withdrawal of criminal cases against gas victims related to the incident of violence on the 27th Anniversary of the disaster last year. Maharashtra has entered into an exciting era of accelerated industrial growth and consistent socio-economic development, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said, adding that it has created a benchmark for the rest of the country. 

"There is tremendous competition to attract high quality investments within states. However, Maharashtra has an advantage of good infrastructure as well as manpower, which other states lack, thus making it encouraging for investors across the world to invest here," he said. Chavan was speaking after inaugurating the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's ( FICCI) Progressive Maharashtra Conference Tuesday. The GoM also decided not to seek higher compensation for those dead or permanently injured other than the amount sought in the petition. TOI had reported the government's disinclination to alter its plea before the apex court, despite Bhopal activists arguing that the number of those killed and affected was much higher. 

Despite such claims by activists, the GoM concluded that "no new evidence" had been brought before it and the Madhya Pradesh government too took a similar view in court. The Centre then decided not to seek any alteration in its petition. 

28-YEAR STINK

Group of ministers won't revise criteria for claiming compensation, but will recommend release of Rs 134 crore as relief for 12,000 victims who suffer from cancer and kidney ailments Won't seek more compensation for the dead and permanently injured On claims of higher casualty and extent of injury by activists, GoM says "no new evidence" brought before it Disposal of toxic waste still lying at gas leak site unresolved 

GoM puts off decision on Bhopal toxic waste

NEW DELHI: Toxic remains of the Bhopal gas tragedy will stay put for now, as the group of ministers (GoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram on Friday refused to take a view on its treatment and disposal yet. The Madhya Pradesh government has been reluctant to deal with it and an attempt to get the residue treated in Nagpur backfired after the authorities found that the DRDO waste treatment plant there was operating without proper consent. Sources said the Maharashtra government was unwilling to permit transport of the toxic waste and its treatment within its territory . The GoM decided to leave the matter to the oversight committee - formed earlier and jointly headed by the environment minister and MP minister Babulal Gaur - to come back to the group with a solution. While the GoM did not revise the claim criteria or add to the number of victims as specified in its curative petition in Supreme Court, it decided to recommend release of Rs 134 crore as compensation among 12,000 affected who have been suffering from cancer and kidney ailments . The need to do so was felt as the number of people ailing was found to be higher than earlier estimated. 

Asked for his reaction to the GoM decision, Gaur said he was only "half-satisfied " as the group had rejected the proposal to give Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to 10,046 people affected by the gas tragedy. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Bhopal Memorial Hospital, which was given to Atomic Energy Commission to run, would be taken over by his department as the Union Cabinet took a decision to this effect about a week ago. 

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