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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:13:48 +0530
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Rancid Requiem
A grandiose memorial idea irks Bhopal gas victims
K.S. SHAINI
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Even before it could take off, the Madhya Pradesh government's plans to
build a memorial for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is in the
thick of controversy.
The government proposes to spend close to Rs 100 crore on building a
memorial park at the 67-acre site where the now-defunct Union Carbide
plant stands. Survivor groups describe the idea as 'vulgar' and
'unacceptable', and say the money should be spent on giving a better
deal to thousands of suffering gas victims.
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The gas NGOs are not impressed. In fact, they are aghast that the
government is planning to launch the project without first cleaning up
200 metric tonnes of toxic waste still left at the site. Studies
conducted by environmental watchdog Greenpeace as well as the state
government's public health engineering department suggest that the
seepage of this waste into the earth over the last 21 years has
contaminated ground water sources in a five square kilometre radius
around the dump site, affecting 18,000 families living in 25 slum
settlements.
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http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20051219&fname=Bhopal+%28F%29&sid=1