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Tuesday, Apr 11, 2006

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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors step up agitation

Staff Correspondent

Six persons to go on indefinite hunger-strike from today

Cabinet's approval for compensation does not address present demands, say agitators

Activists cite study putting down at least 350 deaths annually to gas-related ailments

NEW DELHI: Over 400 survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster and their sympathisers organised a huge "die in" here on Monday, covering themselves in white shrouds and lying on the road while symbolic figures of death danced around the "corpses." The gas victims and their sympathisers, who have been demonstrating here for the last fifteen days, announced that six persons (three survivors and three sympathisers) would go on an indefinite hunger-strike from Tuesday.

Demonstrators said that though the Ministry of Chemicals was sympathetic to their demands, it was up to the Prime Minister to clear any decision related to the Bhopal victims.

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