Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha

Bhopal Group for Information and Action

 December 03, 2009

Press Statement

Welcoming the Prime Minister’s recent assurance of adequate medical relief, rehabilitation and clean water to the poisoned people of Bhopal, three survivors’ organizations demanded the immediate setting up of the Empowered Commission on Bhopal as promised by the Prime Minister on May 29, 2008. “25 years is too long for a people to suffer and 18 months is too long for a people to wait for the Prime Minister to keep his promises”, said Rashida Bee, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh.

“If nothing, the recent independent scientific report by the Centre for Science and Environment on the chronic toxicity of the soil and ground water contamination and the fact at least 18 thousand men, women and children are still drinking contaminated water should make the Prime Minister wake up and remember his unkept promises to the Bhopal survivors.” said Syed M Irfan, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha.

25th Anniversary of Bhopal Chemical Disaster Prompts Over 150 Actions Around the World

Amnesty International, Yes Men and Students Groups Globally Call on Dow Chemical and Indian Government to Clean Up Toxic Groundwater As Thousands Still Face Birth Defects, Cancer and Other Illnesses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        CONTACT:     Shayna Samuels, 718-541-4785
December 3, 2009                        or Glenn Turner, 917-817-3396               

    To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Bhopal Chemical Disaster, thousands of supporters around the world will be participating in an International Day of Action today to pressure Dow Chemical (the current owner of Union Carbide) to clean up the water in Bhopal and face criminal charges in India.  
   
    The Day of Action will include mass rallies, symbolic “die-ins”, candle-lit vigils, concerts, protests and more. Participants are honoring the night in 1984 when twenty-seven tons of lethal gases leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory, immediately killing 8,000 people and poisoning thousands of others.  The area was never cleaned up, and nearly 150,000 people, including children of survivors, are suffering tremendously as a result.

M E D I A   A D V I S O R Y    

BLOOMINGTON COUNCIL TO HEAR RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING 25th ANNIVERSARY OF BHOPAL DISASTER

Legislation Tonight Also Aims to Inventory Toxic Waste In City of Bloomington

Contact: Steve Volan (volans@bloomington.in.gov, 812-391-8255)
Contact: Saurabh Ajmera (sajmera@indiana.edu, 812-361-5776)

When: Wed., Dec. 2, 2009, 7:30 pm

Where: City Hall, 401 N. Morton St, Bloomington, IN