AID takes up cudgels for gas-hit in Bhopal

BOSTON, TX – Thirty-two years ago, on the night of December 2, 1984, the world’s worst industrial disaster at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released at least 30 tons of a highly toxic gas called methyl isocyanate, as well as a number of other poisonous gases and killed more than 15,000 people over the years.

There are thousands of heartbreaking stories of Bhopal gas disaster survivors. At last, the Association For India’s Development (AID) decided to help and support the struggle of Bhopalis and make their voice and suffering being heard in the US White House to find relief to their several decade’s long fight.

The Bhopal campaign is one of the many struggles that AID is supporting. Up to now, survivors have been demanding that the US Corporations responsible (Union Carbide Corp. and its current owner Dow Chemical Co.) along with the Indian Government, readdress the issue by compensating the affected, cleaning up the premises, and providing reasonable medical care for the survivors.

However, it has become clear that the US government too has played a role in hindering justice for the Bhopalis. The US Department of Justice has been silently shielding the corporations responsible by blocking the court notices to Dow Chemical in relation to the pending criminal case against it. The next hearing for this case is on July 13t.

AID is proud to stand with the Bhopalis in this historic effort to petition the White House to stop shielding Dow Chemical. When they reach the magic number of 100,000 signatures, the White House has to respond to the petition and right action for the case.

AID’s volunteers are requesting all the sensible people to join them in their effort to get justice.