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what is the current status of bhopal gas tragedy victims
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For 33 years, around 336 tonnes of hazardous waste have been lying at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory, the site of the infamous 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and when Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave announced in Parliament recently that the right wing Bhartiya Janata Party-led Indian government has not yet allotted any funds to dispose of the waste.
Surveys, including one by Amnesty International, have highlighted how toxic material still lies in heaps at the factory while survivors are fighting a losing battle to have the site cleaned up. Studies have established that people are still dying due to the poisoning of groundwater from waste leeching into three ponds as well as several sites around the factory premises. The insensitivity underscores an urgent need for a national policy to deal with contaminated sites.
Last year, the Madhya Pradesh government announced the construction of a Hiroshima-like memorial for the gas tragedy victims on the premises of the defunct factory. But will such tokenism really help anybody? I think NO. Far more thoughtful would be to address the issue of toxic waste, and the continuing contamination of the UCIL surroundings, rehabilitation of the victims and more compensation for their sufferings.
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No, the victims of the Bhopal Gas tragedy did not get justice.
After 24 years, people are you still fighting for justice ; for safe drinking water, for healthcare facilities and jobs for the people poisoned by the UC. Anderson , the UC chairman , faces criminal charges is not yet put behind the bar.
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