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No Additional Compensation For Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims: SC
In a major drawback for Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims, the Supreme Court (SC,) rejected the Centre's curative petition seeking additional compensation from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC.) In the plea, the Centre demanded additional Rs 7,844 crores, over already paid $470 million, which claimed 3,000 lives and maimed thousands more. The five-judge bench led by Justice SK Kaul noted that settlement can be set aside only on the ground of fraud.… read-more
Tags: Supreme Court, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Compensation, five judge bench, Central Government
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors Protest, Urge Govt To Take Steps For Children
Hundreds of people came together in Bhopal on December 3 to seek justice for survivors of the dreadful 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. They raised concern that in the absence of proper health care facilities and compensation, the condition of the survivors has been hit severely by the pandemic. Holding placards reading "Mourn the dead, Fight for the Living", the demonstrators demanded the government to take steps towards the medical condition of the… read-more
Tags: Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Bhopal, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, National news
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60% Covid-19 deaths in Bhopal are victims of 1984 Gas disaster, Survivor groups Claims
Several Survivors groups of Bhopal-Gas-tragedy stated that over 60% of Covid-19 death in the city, are the victims of 1984 gas tragedy. In the last 15 days, six gas-victims with Covid-19 have died at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, due to negligence at the isolation ward. The group says, they had warned authorities in the month of March that gas-victims are five-times more vulnerable to Covid-19 than others.
Tags: Bhopal, Covid-19, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, health care
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