Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal tragedy should be made election manifesto
Nuclear war is not the only way the world would end. India has realised damage of that scale can be caused by other things too through the 1984 Bhopal tragedy.
Earthquake in tsunami Kendrick havoc, the damage can be intensified by man made disasters as well. dangerous looking right around the corner in every country that has a nuclear reactor in its premises. Hiroshima and Nagasaki disaster result of massive war related cruelty. Batman who should be held responsible for tragedies like that of Bhopal? it has been 34 years since the gas tragedy took place claiming thousands of life and a few generations of children being born with disabilities result of inhaling the poisonous gas by the mothers. People are still bearing the brunt of this tragedy and are paying through their future for this. Yet no culprit has been arrested or no one has been held responsible for this inhuman incident.
When the incident took place in 1984 about 10,000 people were killed as a result. Mother dance of death has not stop ever since. People still die as a result of that gas leakage.
Everyday at least five people feel the impact of that incident till date. Methyl isocyanate gas the delete on the night of 2nd and 3rd December in 1984 claimed lives of 10,047 people in one go when it leaked from the premises of a factory that manufacture pesticides.
As per the statistics 5,47,000 people were affected by this leakage. This data has been put together by the Madhya Pradesh government. As per their sources, more than 15,000 people have paid through their lives subsequent to that.
In the last 34 years since the incident many elections have come and gone. streets of Bhopal a resonating with election rallies and people are expecting a new government to come into power by December this year. Unfortunately no party has ever made this an election manifesto so far. The BJP is trying to win this election by feeding communal poison to people. but no party, including BJP, has ever dared to discuss the issues of those affected by the gas tragedy so far.
What is interesting is, Bhopal gas tragedy rehabilitation and relief Minister Anil Sarang himself was affected by the incident. That has not been able to add much quality to the lives of survivors.
On one hand there is a pain of Bhopal gas tragedy culprits going scot free; and on the other, the survivors are living a life of punishment. They are forced to fight two battles.
on one hand the health complications are very high and on the other they are still fighting for a relief amount from the government.
After the election dates were announced, the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy met and decided to support a candidate would help them get Rs 5 lakh as relief money. Bhopal group for information and action, Bhopal gas peedit nirashrit pensionbhogi sangharsh morcha and Bhopal gas peedit mahila stationary karmachari sangh are working to provide relief and rehabilitation for the victims of gas tragedy.
According to them, if the candidates can make this a part of their official election manifesto, this would be their commitment and a legal recourse is possible of they do not heed to their words.
A criminal callousness has been exhibited in killing that one of the biggest man-made human tragedies of the world.
Victims have not been provided with medical aid legal or financial assistance in fighting the battle.
None of the projects that would dispose off the poisonous chemicals that are polluting the groundwater resources took off really.
None of the politicians are interested in helping the victims.
According to them the Bhopal Gas tragedy victims do not play any significant role in winning the elections.
Even politicians understand winning elections is going to be very difficult if the contest with lofty social commitments. Hence they have taken to elections with emotional issues.
As the date of election is approaching, hoardings and banners have come up in areas where gas tragedy victims live such as Kazi camp, DIG overbridge, JP Nagar, Shahjahanabad and Jahangirabad etc.
The victims have come together to create a formidable political force. This is a promising development. What remains to be seen is how seriously would the political parties take this issue. Because, for politicians, Bhopal tragedy is a bygone incident. They do not deem it important to refer to it again after over 30 years of its occurrence.
There are seven constituencies in Bhopal. High number of victims live in Narela and North Bhopal areas. About 80-90% people have been directly affected by the tragedy.
There are considerable number of families and survivors and their families in Bhopal central and Huzoor areas. They are suffering from the aftermath of the incident.
About 40% inhabitants here are the survivors of the tragedy and their number is massive enough to have an impact on the outcome of the elections.
Berasia constituency is considered as extension of the rural area of Bhopal. Many residents of this place are those who migrated from Govindapura other parts of Bhopal. At least this time around, Bhopal tragedy should become a topic of discussion and manifesto to ensure the victims are done justice.
There are hundreds of Bhopal's all over the country and they may render some tragedy or the other some day. If we don't learn our lessons from Bhopal tragedy, we may be forced to pay a big price for our ignorance later. Hence, while serving some justice to the Bhopal victims, the govt should also look at ways of avoiding such disasters.
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Woman, 2 sons found dead in Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): Three members of a family were found dead inside their home in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji on Friday, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, officials said.
Police said the incident came to light around 2.47 pm when a police team reached the premises to execute a court order related to possession of the property. When repeated knocks went unanswered, the staff used a duplicate key to open the door.
Inside, officers found Anuradha Kapoor (52) and her sons, Ashish Kapoor (32) and Chaitanya Kapoor (27), hanging from the ceiling, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said in a statement. All three were declared dead.
A handwritten note was recovered from the room, suggesting the family had been struggling with depression.
"The handwritten note indicates emotional distress faced by the family due to which the family may have taken the extreme step," the officer said.
The bodies have been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) mortuary for post-mortem and other legal formalities under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), police said.
Residents of the neighbourhood said they were shocked to learn about the deaths, adding that the family kept largely to themselves.
Pankaj Kashyap, a resident of Girinagar, said he learnt about the deaths while leaving for work. "I live and work here and was leaving for work when I saw many people standing outside and talking. That is how I got to know that three people had committed suicide. I also saw several police vehicles outside, but I do not know much beyond that," he said.
Baldev, another neighbour, said the family had been living in the newly constructed house for around two years. "We only knew that a mother and her two children lived there. They had moved into the newly built house around two years ago. We did not interact much with them. Today we heard that all three have committed suicide, and whatever we know is based on what people here are saying," he said.
Another neighbour, Ramesh Kumar, claimed the family had earlier attempted suicide.
"About fifteen to twenty days ago, the two sons in the family had attempted suicide and police and ambulances had come. That was when I first got to know who they were. I do not recognise them by face, but we saw the ambulances and police take the two sons that day. Today again we saw ambulances and police arriving, so everyone came out to see what had happened. I do not know how long they had been living here, but this is all we know," he said.
Police said they are examining the family's financial condition, social circumstances, and other factors that may have contributed to the incident. Further investigation is underway.
