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Protesters in U.S. enthused

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

WASHINGTON, JUNE 22. Organisers of the Bhopal protests in Washington DC and Houston, Texas, have said that they are "encouraged" by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's decision to have the Government of India issue a letter to the Federal Court in New York to get the toxic wastes in Bhopal cleaned up by Union Carbide.

The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, along with the Association for India's Development, have been pressuring New Delhi to ask the Federal Court of New York to direct the Union Carbide Corporation to clean up the contamination in and around the abandoned factory in Bhopal.

The organisers of the protests and relay fasts have been saying that the formal letter from India, expected anytime now, would facilitate the resolution of the long-pending "toxic legacy" posed by more than 5,000 tonnes of toxic wastes abandoned by Union Carbide. The clean-up is estimated to cost around $ 500 million. It is being pointed out that the wastes have contaminated the groundwater supply.

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