BHOPAL NGOs working for the cause of the gas victims here have reacted sharply to the former Chief Justice of India A.H.

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In a sensational claim, the district collector of Bhopal at the time of the gas tragedy claimed Wednesday that the state government had actively helped Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to escape law.

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BHOPAL

P Chidambaram Union home minister P Chidambaram will head a reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to look at relief and rehabilitation measures arising out of the Bhopal gas disaster that killed 15,000 people in one night in 1984.

Earlier, Arjun Singh was heading the panel, as he was the state chief minister when it occurred. He is no longer part of the government.

More details tumbled out today in the Bhopal gas tragedy case of how former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson got bail immediately after his arrest. However, the then CBI chief rejected claims that the agency was asked not to pursue his extradition.

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New Delhi: With growing criticism of the verdict on the Bhopal gas leak disaster, the government on Wednesday reconstituted a group of ministers (GoM) to go into a range of issues relating to the December 1984 incident.

The verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy has caused considerable outrage. It seems to provide little recompense to the victims, and little assurance to the public at large that the legal system is up to protecting us from the risks that make us all vulnerable.

Milind Ghatwal

The long-delayed and farcical verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case should make us all think twice about the pending Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, which seeks to limit the maximum compensation that a company setting up a nuclear power plant in India has to pay in case of a disaster.

New Delhi: The Centre, under fire from the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy for the way the legal case has panned out over the last 26 years, on Wednesday announced the reconstitution of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to go into the relief and rehabilitation measures for those affected by the world's worst industrial disaster.