Extract from transcript of the Press Conference of Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Kamal Nath at the Embassy of India, Washington, DC
Q: Yesterday after the conference there were protests by Bhopal survivors
for Justice. What is the government’s stand –
Mr. Kamal Nath: By who?
Q: By a group wanting justice for the Bhopal survivors. The gas tragedy?
Mr. Kamal Nath: Oh, the Bhopal survivors, yeah.
Q: Yeah. What is the government’s stand on Dow Chemicals investing in
India right now, and also because there is a court case that’s asked them to
pay a hundred – (inaudible). What is the government’s stand on this?
Mr. Kamal Nath: Well, the tragedy was in Union Carbide, and Dow, by
integration, inherited Union Carbide. Dow themselves had no status in this, so
Dow’s investment is not affected by that. Of course there’s a court case and
the court procedure will continue, but we’d like to see this resolved. We’d
like to see that this chapter is put behind us.
Note: The protest was done by AID - College Park volunteers representing the Bhopal survivors.
