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	Bhopal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bhopal is a hilly area, located on the Malwa plateau, and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to the south.
		The population of Bhopal district increased by 51% from 1981 to 1991, and by 36% from 1991 to 2001.
		Bhopal District is bounded by the districts of Guna to the north, Vidisha to the northeast, Raisen to the east and southeast, Sehore to the southwest and west, and Rajgarh to the northwest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bhopal (2652 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bhopal, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent.
		Bhopal became part of the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1956.
		In Dec., 1984, a cloud of methyl isocynate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bhopal.html (305 words)

	Bhopal, Tourism in Bhopal, Bhopal Tourism, Bhopal India, Tourism Bhopal, Tourism of Bhopal, India Tourism, Turismo en ...
		Bhopal is also referred to as the City of Lakes because of the two beautiful lakes that are situated in the center of the city.
		Bhopal is located in the northwestern part of the state of Madhya Pradesh, in the central region of India.
		Bhopal is famous for Bharat Bhavan, a marvel of modern architecture and a museum of tribal and contemporary art forms and breeding ground for traditional dance, music and drama.
	tourism-of-india.com /bhopal.html (858 words)

	Bhopal Disaster
		The decision to manufacture the pesticides in India, as opposed to relying on imports was based on India's goal of preserving foreign exchange and its policy of industrialization (Cassels, p.39).
		Bhopal was chosen as the site for the Carbide plant because of it's central location in India, a railway system that spanned the country, a large lake which provided a reliable source of water, and sufficient electricity and labor to sustain a large scale industrial plant.
		Lawsuits filed in U.S. courts related to the Bhopal case were refused on the grounds that the immediate location of the accident was in India, the victims were Indian, and he U.S. connection with its Indian affiliate did not appear to give it an unusual degree of control.
	www.american.edu /TED/bhopal.htm (3049 words)

	5 Long-term recovery from the Bhopal crisis
		The Bhopal crisis was triggered by a technological accident: 45 tons (100,800 lb) of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from two underground storage tanks at a Union Carbide pesticide plant.
		The precarious and explosive situation in Bhopal was apparent during the Hindu-Muslim riots of December 1992 and early 1993.
		Bhopal was among the three worst-affected cities in India and incurred 150 deaths; 1,300 gas victims had their homes and compensation documents destroyed in fires.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/uu21le/uu21le0c.htm (4992 words)

	The GULLY \| India \| Tragedy in Bhopal Goes On
		While in India's poverty-ridden slums it is difficult to parse out cases of toxin-induced illnesses from the rest, Mohammed Ali Qaiser, a doctor at one of Sambhavna's two clinics says, "The water is obviously contaminated.
		The head of New Delhi's Bhopal disaster portfolio Ramesh Inder Singh says the issue has languished so long only because the legal nightmare that followed the disaster — over a million claims were lodged — has kept their offices paralyzed.
		India's Supreme Court recently ordered an additional $345 million to be doled out from the settlement, which has sat for fifteen years in government coffers earning interest.
	www.thegully.com /essays/asia/041222_bhopal_india_disast.html (1287 words)

	EarthRights International - Resource Center: Bano v. Union Carbide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thus, it is clear that the Bhopal Act requires the Indian Government to obtain permission from foreign courts to act as exclusive representative of the victims only in cases that were pending prior to the enactment of the Bhopal Act.
		Union of India, AIR 1992 (S.C.) 248, the Indian Supreme Court set aside and modified the February 1989 settlement agreement in part, stating that "in the particular facts and circumstances, it is held that the quashing of the criminal proceeding was not justified.
		Union of India, 1992 AIR (S.C.) 248, to incorporate prosecution as a material term of the settlement and that Defendants, by failing to submit to the criminal jurisdiction of the Indian courts, have failed to abide by a material term of the settlement.
	www.earthrights.org /bhopal/bano0800.shtml (6455 words)

	Bhopal on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bhopal still haunted by leak of poisonous gas.
		L'usine de Bhopal en décembre 1984 Le gouvernement indien a donné son accord à une procédure judiciaire en cours aux Etats.
		Survivors of the Bhopal disaster from the nearby Jayaprakash Nagar colony, stand in front of the Union Carbide factory the day after it leaked 40 tonnes of toxic gas on the city.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bhopal.asp (698 words)

	Bhopal - Bhopal Business,india tourism,bhopal tours and travels,Industries in Bhopal,small scale industries,business in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is a fascinating amalgam of scenic beauty, old historic city, and modern urban planning.
		The two lakes of Bhopal dominate the city, and are indeed its nucleus.
		Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile; the old city with its marketplaces and fine old mosques and palaces still bears the aristocratic imprint of its former rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
	www.webindia.com /india/bhopal.htm (179 words)

	Bhopal: The making of a disaster
		The Bhopal factory was designed as a state-of-the-art plant, a twin of another facility in Institute, W. Va. But from the beginning, the plants were operated on two standards, as a recent report by Amnesty International conclusively shows.
		Bhopal, however, lacked sufficient processing capacity, so MIC was stored for weeks--or months--in massive tanks holding 90 tons of gas, guaranteeing that that the large spill of December 1984 would be catastrophic.
		In April, two Bhopal survivors, Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, were awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism for their work in fighting for compensation and economic opportunities for survivors.
	www.socialistworker.org /2004-2/523/523_08_Bhopal.shtml (1375 words)

	Bhopal Justice Page
		The government of India got the ball rolling in Bhopal b pursuing "green revolution" tactics for increased agricultural yield and industrialization.
		Bhopal is the capital of the landlocked province of India called Madhya Pradesh.
		Bhopal is also home to several hospitals, a musical academy, The University of Bhopal, and several smaller colleges.
	www.umich.edu /~snre492/lopatin.html (1729 words)

	Bhopal City Guide
		Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile; the old city with its teeming market places and fine old mosques and palaces still bears the aristocratic imprint of its former rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
		Bhopal on the main line is connected by rail to major cities in India.
		Bhopal is known for its fine craft markets that offer a number of articles to the souvenir hunter.
	www.indnav.com /servlet/Browse?mt=goTo&fId=18 (851 words)

	Bhopal Disaster
		In 1987, a Bhopal District Court charged Union Carbide officials, including then CEO Warren Anderson, with culpable homicide, grievous assault and other serious offences.
		A whole new generation continues to get sick, from cancer and birth defects to everyday impacts of aches and pains, rashes, fevers, eruptions of boils, headaches, nausea, lack of appetite, dizziness, and constant exhaustion.
		Paul and Ruby have been campaigning for their local environment and taking on a large corporation at a time in life when most teenagers are more concerned with the latest music, movie or fashion.
	www.greenpeace.org /usa/campaigns/toxics/justice-for-bhopal (493 words)

	The shock of the obvious -- [26-4-02]
		When the first case opened in Bhopal, the initial procedural hearings were enlivened by Carbide's lawyers who threatened to call every single person injured by their clients gases to the witness stand and suggested the court allow one day for the cross-examination to each.
		In Bhopal she is legendary for having once led several hundred women and children on a month-long march to Delhi.
		When we were in Bhopal, Tara and I met her and she described how they had walked, day after day, through the heat, often thirsty, sleeping at night in forests full of snakes and scorpions and animals as hungry as they were.
	www.newint.org /features/bhopal/120702.htm (6006 words)

	Tsunami News for Bhopal, India
		BHOPAL: On the face of it, there is hardly any linkage between the arrests of the Kanchi Mutt seers, relief for the victims of tsunami in Tamil Nadu.
		Bhopal, Jan 2 An Indian Air Force special aircraft, carrying about 3.6 tonnes of medicine, clothes, tea and milk powder for tsunami-affected areas, was today...
		India --> was affected by the December 26, 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis.
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Bhopal.html (1997 words)

	BHOPAL: THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE - Screening and Discussion with NADEEM UDDIN
		Bhopal was, and remains, the world’s worst chemical industry disaster.
		Beautiful Bhopal, once known as the “City of Mosques” is a sad, disgraceful testament to the absence of environmental and human justice - very much a place where “the world stopped watching”.
		Bhopal is a wound that continues to worsen.
	www.ektaonline.org /events/bhopal (507 words)

	My HomePlace - Bhopal, India
		Being the main business centre in central India, Bhopal was home to many imigrants who left their villages in search of a better life.
		Yes, in Bhopal everybody is a chieftain and everybody is (like) your Uncle!!.Apart from talking other passions of Bhopalis include paan,Shayaris and Qawalis.Just try to find one wall in Bhopal which would not prove the Bhopalis' love of paan.
		Bhopal and Me am a native of Kerala, and I was born and brought up in Bhopal, I did my entire schooling in Bhopal, at HEMA school (KG to Class III) and Jawaharlal Nehru Higher Secondary School (Class IV upwards).As a matter of fact I also did my degree in this very city.
	www.angelfire.com /ks/arunksworld/Bhopal.html (1285 words)

	Meher Baba Bhopal Centre
		The Avatar Meher Baba Bhopal Centre is located in the city of Bhopal, India and is run by a group of devotees and lovers of
		Bhopal shot into prominence in 1956 when it was declared the capital of the newly formed state of Madhya Pradesh.
		A Baba devotee from Bhopal, who attended that meeting, decided to start a centre at Bhopal with the help of other devotees and wrote to Meher Baba seeking his blessings.
	meherbhopal.tripod.com (285 words)

	Students mark Bhopal anniversary - India New England - Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As Bhopal residents lit candles to mark the 20th anniversary of the evening that forever altered their lives, New England college students joined in a mass youth movement to bring attention to what has been called the world's worst industrial disaster.
		The company says that all responsibility for Bhopal belongs to the Indian government, which in 1989 agreed to a settlement in which Union Carbide paid $470 million for the pain and suffering of Bhopal victims.
		In a company statement issued on the Bhopal anniversary, Dow said it is committed to protecting workers and communities throughout the world.
	www.indianewengland.com /news/2004/12/15/Community/Students.Mark.Bhopal.Anniversary-823786.shtml (679 words)

	Bhopal's Legacy
		Anderson is despised because he was the CEO of Union Carbide on December 3, 1984, when an explosion at the company's Bhopal factory leaked deadly methyl isocyanate gas over the city's shantytowns in the worst industrial disaster in history.
		A 1973 document, signed by Anderson himself, notes that the technology to be used in the Bhopal factory was "unproven." A safety review conducted by Union Carbide experts in 1982 warned of a "serious potential for sizable releases of toxic materials" at the factory.
		Dow spokesman John Musser confirmed the existence of the 1982 study but asserted, "None of the issues [it] raised would have had an impact on the fatal gas leak and all of the issues had been addressed by the plant well before the December 1984 disaster." The real culprit, the company insists, was sabotage.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20040524/hertsgaard (1191 words)

	What happened in Bhopal?
		On the night of Dec. 2nd and 3rd, 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, began leaking 27 tons of the deadly gas methyl isocyanate.
		The gas-affected people of Bhopal continue to succumb to injuries sustained during the disaster, dying at the rate of one each day.
		Thus the victims in Bhopal have been left in the lurch, told to fend for themselves as corporate executives elude justice and big corporations elude the blame.
	www.bhopal.org /whathappened.html (1656 words)

	Bhopal, India - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bhopal, Feb. 25: The Congress’ first rally in the Madhya Pradesh capital was supposed to be a show of strength but turned out to be a damp squib.
		BHOPAL, JANUARY 20: It was the Group of Seven which took the final decision to have early Lok Sabha elections soon after the BJP’s resounding victory in the...
		Born in 1936 in Bhopal, India, he was 10-years-old when his family migrated by train to Pakistan during the partition of the subcontinent.
	www.4newz.net /world/am/Bhopal.html (9461 words)

	CNN.com - Bhopal marks chemical tragedy - Dec 3, 2004
		Bhopal gas leak victims protest against Union Carbide 20 years on.
		A poison gas leak in Bhopal, India, still has not been cleaned up.
		BHOPAL, India (CNN) -- People in the Indian city of Bhopal are mourning the victims of a deadly chemical leak in 1984 that killed tens of thousands.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/india.bhopal.mark (469 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - India Deports ‘Bhopal Princess’ For Overstaying
		Bhopal/Lahore, Oct. 20 (NNN): India has deported the family of Princess Faiza Sultan, the last Nawab of Bhopal in pre-partition subcontinent, for overstaying in the country.
		The family of the Princess arrived in Lahore on Monday after a 36-hour Indian deportation ordeal, in which the Princess, granddaughter of the last Nawab of Bhopal, was bundled out of her native city by Indian immigration authorities along with her husband, Sardar Akbar Khan and sons Sardars Taimur and Nadir on Saturday.
		In a highly secretive manner, the Bhopal police forcibly made to board the Princess, her husband Sardar Akbar and sons Taimur and Nadir, on a Delhi-bound train at the Bhopal railway station on late Saturday night.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=102004125902 (774 words)

	[India-ej] Bhopal victims oppose Dow at WSSD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a show of solidarity, Diane Wilson, a fisherwoman from Texas, scaled Dow Chemical's plant in Seadrift, Texas, on Monday and unfurled a banner that read "Dow- Responsible for Bhopal!" In December 1984, over half a million people in Bhopal, India, were exposed to lethal gases that leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide factory.
		Unsafe location of the factory, hazardous design and cost-cutting in operation, maintenance and safety were found to be the main causes of the disaster by the Indian government's prosecution agency.
		The campaigners also criticized the UN for its inaction on Bhopal and for "colluding" with the chemical giant.
	puggy.symonds.net /pipermail/india-ej/2002-August/000429.html (632 words)

	Bhopal Information Center
		The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India, was a terrible tragedy which understandably continues to evoke strong emotions even 20 years later.
		In the wake of the release, Union Carbide Corporation worked diligently to provide immediate and continuing aid to the victims and set up a process to resolve their claims.
		All the claims arising out of the release were settled 15 years ago at the explicit direction and with the approval of the Supreme Court of India.
	www.bhopal.com (170 words)

	Dow Corporate News: An Open Letter to All Employees, on the Tragedy in Bhopal, India 18 Years Ago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the eyes of the highest courts of India, the Bhopal case is closed.
		In 1989 a settlement agreement was reached between Union Carbide, Union Carbide India Limited and the Indian government through which Union Carbide paid $470 million in compensation, covering all claims relating to the incident.
		As a result, for the past two years we have held a number of discussions with the International Campaign For Justice in Bhopal in India, trying to better understand their concerns and to solicit help in identifying appropriate humanitarian aid projects.
	news.dow.com /corporate/2002/20021128a.htm (948 words)

	Bhopal City Map, City Map of Bhopal, Bhopal India City Map, City Map Bhopal
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