A 55-page document gathered using the Right To Information Act from the Prime Minister's Office shows how the members of United Progressive Alliance government including some senior ministers have taken a soft stance towards Dow chemicals.
Toxicwatch Alliance claims that "there was collusion between ministers, government officials and Dow Chemicals to protect it from the liabilities of Bhopal catastrophe.The documents reveal how some of the ministers who have been made part of Group of Ministers by the prime minister have been acting to safeguard the interest of the corporation in question, which is liable for Bhopal disaster."
Toxicwatch Alliance claims that "there was collusion between ministers, government officials and Dow Chemicals to protect it from the liabilities of Bhopal catastrophe.The documents reveal how some of the ministers who have been made part of Group of Ministers by the prime minister have been acting to safeguard the interest of the corporation in question, which is liable for Bhopal disaster."
Gopal Krishna of Toxicwatch said that, ' The GoM that has been constituted does not inspire confidence." The documents gathered using the RTI legislation reveal how some cabinet ministers have already expressed their support for Dow Chemical Company's proposal to save it from Union Carbide Corporation's liability which it inherited in 2001 after a merger between the two companies.
The real issue arising out of Bhopal verdict that has necessitated the setting up of a GoM is its fallout on the proposed
Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill that is pending in Parliament. It has emerged that any future liability regime must include criminal liability and must not cap the amount of civil liability because the damage from a nuclear or chemical disaster depends on the direction and nature of the wind at the time of the accident, says the group, which has studied the fall-out of the Bhopal gas leak.v_arti_inline_advt">
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