NGOs fighting for the cause of the victims have accused the Centre and
the Madhya Pradesh government of a lack of initiative in extraditing
former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson from the US. The NGOs
also allege that huge volumes of lethal toxic waste are still lying in
the factory premises.
According to an agreement facilitated by the supreme court, dated
February 15, 1989, Union Carbide Corporation, US, provided a
compensation of $470 million (Rs715 crore) meant for 1,02,000 affected
people and 3,000 people who lost their lives due to the toxic gas
emission. However, the same amount (Rs715 crore) was distributed among
5,79,274 people, as the number of victims went up by more than 500%. A
flat amount of Rs25,000 each was given to affected people, while Rs1
lakh was provided per person for death from 1992 to 2004.
Now, Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation minister Babulal
Gaur has sought Rs116 crore from the Centre to build " a memorial of
international standard - akin to the one in Hiroshima, Japan -
depicting a detailed account of the world's worst industrial disaster".
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