Friday, May 27, 2011

Bhopal victims oppose Union Carbide plant demolition

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This December 1984 shows the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said that the Centre is mulling demolition of the plant, but bodies representing gas tragedy victims oppose the move as they want to preserve it as a monument.
This December 1984 shows the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said that the Centre is mulling demolition of the plant, but bodies representing gas tragedy victims oppose the move as 
they want to preserve it as a monument.



Opposing the proposed demolition of the defunct Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, organisations representing victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have dubbed it as an attempt to “weaken” the criminal case pending in court.
“Tank no. 610 and the existing structure at the factory site is evidence against the company. How can they demolish it ,” Gas Peedit Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti convenor Sadhna Karnik Karnik asked.
“It is an attempt to weaken the criminal case pending in the sessions court as the defunct plant is an important evidence in the case against Union Carbide,” she said.
Even after 27 years the issue pertaining to the gross industrial negligence, involving corporate culpability are yet to be resolved.
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