It is the Indian state which is the main culprit in the union Carbide Bhopal Gas tragedy.
Every one is well aware, seventies was the period of license Raj and license to Union carbide for manufacturing pesticides in the city area was granted by the Dept. of Industries Govt of India who used to study the Project and its implications in detail before granting License.
Again such a project could see the light of the day only with the finance provided by the govt. institutions.
Therefore main guilty is Govt. of India and not Andeson or non executive chairman Keshav Mohindra.
Govt. by indulging in legalities avoided paying adequate compensation to the victims in time. If Govt. could spend Rs 60000 per annum on schemes like Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan and job guarantee schemes in which accepted pilferage is 50% then why Rs 5000 crores was not made available to victims which would have provided enough succor to the sufferers. Even now howls and clamour are for compensation and not for punishment to guilty.
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Very aptly written,,
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