Sunday, July 1, 2012

NGOs not surprised at US court ruling on Bhopal gas tragedy

Terming a US court’s ruling on liability of Union Carbide Corp (UCC) and its former chief Warren Anderson as “nothing new”, NGOs working for the rights of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims said today they will appeal against the judgement.

In a setback to the victims of the industrial disaster, US District Court in Manhattan, New York City, has held that neither Union Carbide nor Anderson was liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm’s former chemical plant in Bhopal.

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