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20th Anniversary Vigil; Painting Competition On December 3rd, 2004, more than 300 people in Cuddalore, including
200 children, participated in a program to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster. Cuddalore is host to
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of the smelliest chemical industrial clusters - the SIPCOT industrial
estate - in Tamilnadu. Sipcot Area Community Environmental Monitors,
Federation of Consumer Organisation of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
and Cuddalore District Consumer Organisation organised a painting
competition for school children from 7th to 11th grade and a candle
light vigil. About 200 children from 18 schools participated in
the painting competitions with Pollution as the theme. Some of the
paintings featured Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide very prominently
next to the SIPCOT industries. All participants were given certificates
and the best three painting were given trophies as prizes. After
the painting competition M. Nizamudeen gave a short talk on Bhopal
– 20 years of injustice and its local relevance. He pointed
out that SIPCOT Cuddalore was another Bhopal in making. In the end
of his talk he reiterated the demands of the residents of the villagers
of SIPCOT of no new chemical companies in the area. The meeting
ended with a candle light vigil in the memory of the victims and
the survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy.
The international student campaign to hold Dow
accountable for Bhopal, and its other toxic legacies around the world.
For more information about the campaign, or for problems regarding this
website, contact Ryan
Bodanyi, the Coordinator of Students for Bhopal.
WE
ALL LIVE 
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BHOPAL
"The year 2003 was a special year in the history of the campaign for justice in Bhopal. It was the year when student and youth supporters from at least 30 campuses in the US and India took action against Dow Chemical or in support of the demands of the Bhopal survivors. As we enter the 20th year of the unfolding Bhopal disaster, we can, with your support, convey to Dow Chemical that the fight for justice in Bhopal is getting stronger and will continue till justice is done. We look forward to your continued support and good wishes, and hope that our joint struggle will pave the way for a just world free of the abuse of corporate power."
Signed/ Rasheeda Bi, Champa Devi Shukla
Bhopal Gas Affected Women Stationery Employees Union
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
This is what the www.studentsforbhopal.org site looked like in early 2008. For more recent information, please visit www.bhopal.net.