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Start date: 06/03/06

Bhopal survivors march to New Delhi

Bhopal - sign our petition for clean water

Bhopal survivors march to New Delhi

21 years ago around half a million people were exposed to toxic chemicals during a catastrophic gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.

Over 100 survivors have just begun an 800km march from Bhopal to New Delhi to protest to the government about the lack of clean (uncontaminated) water.

Read their daily blogandsign our petition to the Indian government.

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Over 100 survivors from the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster are currently on an 800km march from Bhopal to Delhi. When they reach Delhi, in the last week of March, they hope to meet with the Prime Minister, and present him with a charter of demands.

Sign the petition below to the Indian government in support of the marchers and all those affected by the pollution in Bhopal.

Petition text

I am extremely concerned about the lack of a sufficient and regular supply of clean drinking water to the communities surrounding the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and wish to support the Bhopal survivors’ march to New Delhi in demand of clean drinking water.

Despite an order from the Indian Supreme Court instructing the Madhya Pradesh government to supply fresh drinking water, the state government has not fully implemented the Supreme Court’s order. This means that the people of Bhopal have no option but to continue drinking contaminated water. I urge you to:

· Ensure the government of Madhya Pradesh gives full and immediate effect to the Supreme Court’s order

· Ensure all affected communities around the Bhopal pesticide plant are provided with regular and sufficient piped drinking water

Marchers on the road from Bhopal to New Delhi carry water on their heads

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