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EIRIIENAN FORGOnEN PROMISES.
has happ~nedsince Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised to help the St!f-o.D·ISASTERS.
people ofBhopal? Below are our original demands in 2006, along with an Bhopal continues to sufferfrom two toxic disasters. Below are afew.facts about each ofthese two disasters:.
(:.~assessmentofthe progress made since the Prime Minister promised to address them. .
Orlgi,aal Demand 1: Set up a National Commission on Bhopnl with the necessary authority and DISASTER ONE.
funds to provide facilities for health care. medical research, social support, and economic rehabili- Began the night of2-3rd December, 1984.
tation ofthe people poisoned by Union Carbide I Dow Chemical and their children at least for the.
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next 30 years. Tilis commission must have active patticipation ofnon-government doctors, scien- 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MJC) and other gases released into densely.
tists, and representatives ofsurvivors' organisntions. populated area .
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Government's Response: Instead of fonning a Commission on Bhopal, the Prime Minister con- 7,000 to 10,000 people killed within 72 hours.
stituted a Coordination Committee on Bhopal, which consisted of officials from the Ministry of.
Chemicals & Fertilizers, the government ofMadhya Pradesh (gas reliefdepartment), and members 23,000 dead according to the Indian Council on Medical Research (ICMR).
ofour survivors' groups and NGO's. This committee was supposed to provide medical. social , and 5,72,000 people harmed by toxic gases.
economic rehabilitation, environment remediation, and clean drinking water. This committee was .
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1,20,000 people suffering from chronic illnesses.
fonned in April of2006. So far. it has held only three meetings, and has accomplished absolutely.
NOTHING. For example, in December, 2006, the Committee stated that subcommittees on medi-.
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cal, s~cial, economic and clean drinking water should be formed with representatives of govern- Over 1,00,000 children with congenital disorders .
mentand NGOs. To this day none ofthe subcommittees have been formed and no work has been.
done. The main reason this committee does not work is because it does not have the authority to.
hold officials accountable and also does not have an independent budget. .
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DISASTER TWO.
Original Demand 2: Provide Safe Drinking Water-Commit full funds for and agree to time-bound .
Began in 1981.
plan for delivery ofpiped Kolar Reservoir water to communities affected by Union Carbide I Dow.
Chemical's contamination. Groundwater severely contaminated with toxic chemicals .
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Government's Response: As far as the clean drinking water is concemed, the money was sanc- Organochlorines, pesticides, and heavy metaJs found in soil and groundwater.
tioned in April 2006 itself, but even today people are forced to drinking water laced with several.
toxic pesticides and heavy metals. Sanctioned under the Jawarharlal Nehru Urban Rene,val Mis- Population suffers from high rates ofrespiratory, skin, eye, and abdominal disease.
sion, this scheme, with its compulsory "user fees~' for water, is geared more towards increased rev-.
enue generation than delivery ofclean water to a community whose free and natural water source Unusually high number ofchildren with cerebral palsy and congenital birth.
defects in the population affected by the contan1inated waterhas been degraded by industrial pollution and Government inaction.. .
Carcinogens found in breast milk.
Original Demand 3: Prosecute Union Carbide and former CEO Warren Anderson-Set up a Spe-.
cial Prosec1,1tion Cell in the Central Investigation Bureau with representatives from the Ministry 25,000 people in 14 communities have been drinking contaminated water.
ofExternal Affairs for speedy prosecution of Union Carbide Corporation, Warren Anderson. and since 1990. .
others accused in the criminal case ofthe December 1984 disaster. .
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Government's Response: The Prime Minister promised to do everything within the law to ensure.
that the guilty are presented in court. However, the government has made no effort in revising the.
request for extradition ofAnderson from the United States or to extradite authorized representa-Bhopal Gas Peedit Mabila.
tives ofUnion Carbide Corporat-ion. Stationery Karmachuri Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Bhopal Group for.
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Purusb Sangharsh Morcha Information and Action.
Rashida Bee, andOriginal Demand 4: Make Dow Clean Up and Pay -Ensure scientific assessment of the depth and Champa Devi Shukla Syed M Irfan Rachna Dhingra and.
spread oft9xic contamination in a11.d around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal and make Union 09302432?98 09329026319 Satinath SarangiCarbide's current owner, Dow Chemical. pay for the clean-up oftoxic contamination and compensa-09826167369.
tion for"the health and environmental damage caused by the reckless dumping ofchemical wastes. .
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