Dear BubanDa, We thought so. Nobody asked. Nobody had the depth and analysis. Nobody dared . Such is "Journalism". But they call themselves the "4th Pillar of Democracy" As a student of Engineering I always marveled at the stability of : 3 PhasesElectricAC 3 Rocket motors boosting giant Soyuz craft- which finally enabled Apollo 3 stand legs supporting delicate Theodolites and Video Studio gear4th Pillar was redundant if not a nuisance.
Thanks for being sensitive. Do maintain your sagacity till the end. mm > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re[assam] The Bhopal Tragedy > From: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 10:36:58 -0400 > > Dear Mike > > You are making valid queries but I do not have any information. I > suppose the official enquiries were more concerned with the plight of > the victims, their rehabilitation , payment of compensation etc. than > what type of chemicals the firm manufactured etc. As I stated earlier I > was not able to link up the second article. I > Reproduce it below as it is not a very long one. > -bhuban > THE TOXIC LEGACY REMAINS, 27 YEARS ON > EYEWINESSES by Nina Lakhani > > Almost 27 years after the world’s worst industrial disaster struck > Bhopal, the abandoned gas factory and its toxic waste are part of daily > lifefor tens of thousands of poor families > > Around the streets behind the factory, adults were either filling up > pots and urns with clean water – through taps installed three months > earlier – or else bathing their children. Campaigners won a hard-fought > battle in 2004. when the Supreme Court ordered the state government to > provide Bhopalis with clean water. And slowly water pipes are being > fitted into the homes of all affected communities. But water is scarce, > so the taps stop flowing after 3o minutes and families have to make > stores last for 48 hours. This means most still rely on dirty ground > water from hand pumps when the urns dry. “we know the ground water is > dirty, it smells funny, but what can we do?” said Habib Khan, 46. > > Soon after the Union Carbide factory opened in the 1970s, waste was > sumped in three solar evaporation ponds. Documents show the ponds were > “almost emptied” through leaky lining by 1982. These have seeped into > water over the past three decades; monsoon rains spread the toxins > further. > > Campaigners believe this is the cause of high rates of congenital > deformities, cancers and respiratory and endocrine problems among > communities too poor to move. > > Dow, which bought Union Carbide in 2001, rejects claims that it > inherited the company’s liabilities, yet in the US it settled > asbestos-related claims dating back to the early 1970s. [The picture > not reproduced]. > > > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
