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Bhopal survivors burn effigy of IOC president
Sunday February 19, 2012 04:54:00 PM,
IANS
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Bhopal: The survivors
of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster Sunday burnt an effigy of
International Olympics Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge,
who has said that Dow Chemical, the sponsor of the 2012 London
Olympics, could not be held responsible for the lingering
liabilities caused by the gas leak in Bhopal.
The survivors were led by five organisations fighting for the
cause.
"An assessment by an agency that has received large sums of money
from Dow Chemical cannot be impartial. IOC has exposed itself as a
corrupt body that is willing to tarnish the spirit and name of the
Games for the sake of money," said Rashida Bee, President of
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh.
The survivors mentioned that, through purchase of Union Carbide in
2001, Dow Chemical has inherited the criminal, civil and
environmental liabilities of Union Carbide India Ltd(UCIL). It is
a fact that large quantities of toxic wastes remain strewn around
the factory site in Bhopal.
India is also seeking compensation from Dow Chemical for the clean
up of the toxic
contamination in and around the abandoned Union Carbide's factory.
Dow has sheltered Union Carbide and even facilitated the illegal
sales of its products and services in India through a number of
front companies.
"The IOC has neither the authority nor the competence to address
the complex matters of criminal and civil allegations leveled
against Union Carbide and Dow Chemical," said Balkrishna Namdeo of
Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangarsh Morcha.
The survivors strongly criticized the role of the Indian
government and the IOC and has appealed to the Indian Members of
Parliament, to write to government of India to boycott Olympics.
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udhyog Sangathan led by activist
Abdul Jabbar Saturday burnt the effigy of IOC and government of
India.
Jabbar said that by giving clean chit to Dow Chemical, IOC has
made contempt of court and betrayed the faith of people who are
fighting for justice.
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