By PTI
NEW DELHI: Tonnes of hazardous waste is mendacity on the website of the 1984 Bhopal fuel tragedy and delay in its disposal contaminates groundwater and soil which is a “direct abuse” of the best to well being of survivors and locals, NHRC chairperson justice Arun Kumar Mishra (retd) mentioned Saturday.
Addressing a Human Rights Day occasion right here hosted by the National Human Rights Commission, he mentioned that one outfall of globalisation is the focus of wealth in transnational corporations and some international locations.
“For calamities caused by industrial disasters, transnational enterprises’ responsibilities have to be well defined,” the NHRC chief asserted.
He cited the Bhopal fuel tragedy which happened at a plant of a worldwide firm in Bhopal in 1984, thought of one of many world’s worst industrial disasters. The multinational firm, Union Carbide, confronted world criticism following the tragedy.
Mishra mentioned, “Approximately 3,000 people died. Around 336 tonnes of hazardous waste is still lying on the premises. The property changed hands. Delay in the dispo.sal of such hazardous waste by a multinational company contaminates groundwater and soil and is a direct abuse of the right to health of the survivors and residents of the area,” he added
NEW DELHI: Tonnes of hazardous waste is mendacity on the website of the 1984 Bhopal fuel tragedy and delay in its disposal contaminates groundwater and soil which is a “direct abuse” of the best to well being of survivors and locals, NHRC chairperson justice Arun Kumar Mishra (retd) mentioned Saturday.
Addressing a Human Rights Day occasion right here hosted by the National Human Rights Commission, he mentioned that one outfall of globalisation is the focus of wealth in transnational corporations and some international locations.
“For calamities caused by industrial disasters, transnational enterprises’ responsibilities have to be well defined,” the NHRC chief asserted.
He cited the Bhopal fuel tragedy which happened at a plant of a worldwide firm in Bhopal in 1984, thought of one of many world’s worst industrial disasters. The multinational firm, Union Carbide, confronted world criticism following the tragedy.
Mishra mentioned, “Approximately 3,000 people died. Around 336 tonnes of hazardous waste is still lying on the premises. The property changed hands. Delay in the dispo.sal of such hazardous waste by a multinational company contaminates groundwater and soil and is a direct abuse of the right to health of the survivors and residents of the area,” he added
