L'héritage d'Union Carbide
Face aux bastis, les restes de l'usine de pesticide du groupe Union Carbide trône sur les cinq hectares de terrain comme pour rappeler aux habitants cette nuit du 2 au 3 décembre 1984. Lorsque l'on traverse le mur d'enceinte, le temps semble s'être arrêté à minuit cinq. L'heure où les 42 tonnes de gaz toxique se sont échappés de leurs cuves pour se déverser sur les bidonvilles accolés et tuant 8000 personnes sur son passage.
Trente plus tard, l'usine abandonnée à la rouille et aux ronces continue d'empoisonner la vie des survivants. La terre et l'eau polluées puis consommées ont entraîné l'apparition au sein de la population, et des générations nées après la catastrophe, de pathologies respiratoires, neurologiques ainsi que des malformations chez les nouveaux nés. Des enfants lourdement handicapés, incapables de se mouvoir seul ou de communiquer avec le monde extérieur.
Les habitants n'abandonnent pas leur combat et avec le soutien d'ONG, les victimes continuent à manifester afin que le gouvernement indien et le groupe Dow Chemical, qui a racheté Union Carbide, reconnaissent leurs responsabilités. A ce jour aucune dépollution n'a été entamée.
The inheritance of Union Carbide
In front of bastis, the rests of the pesticide factory of the group Union Carbide thrones on five hectares of ground as to remind to the inhabitants this night from 2 till 3 December 1984. When we cross the outer wall, the time seems to have stopped at midnight five, the hour when 42 tons of poison gas escaped from their tanks to pour on the slums and killing 8000 people on its way.
Thirty years later, the factory abandoned to the rust and to the brambles continuous to poison the life of the survivors. The ground and the water polluted by its chemical waste then consumed pulled the appearance within the population and the generations been born after the disaster of respiratory illnesses, neurological as well as deformations to new was born. Children heavily handicaped, incapable to move alone or to communicate with the outside world.
The inhabitants do not give up their fight and with the support of NGO, the victims continue to demonstrate to maintain pressure so that the Indian government and the group Dow Chemical, which bought back Union Carbide, finally face up to their responsibilities. Until today no cleanup was begun.
The inheritance of Union Carbide
In front of bastis, the rests of the pesticide factory of the group Union Carbide thrones on five hectares of ground as to remind to the inhabitants this night from 2 till 3 December 1984. When we cross the outer wall, the time seems to have stopped at midnight five, the hour when 42 tons of poison gas escaped from their tanks to pour on the slums and killing 8000 people on its way.
Thirty years later, the factory abandoned to the rust and to the brambles continuous to poison the life of the survivors. The ground and the water polluted by its chemical waste then consumed pulled the appearance within the population and the generations been born after the disaster of respiratory illnesses, neurological as well as deformations to new was born. Children heavily handicaped, incapable to move alone or to communicate with the outside world.
The inhabitants do not give up their fight and with the support of NGO, the victims continue to demonstrate to maintain pressure so that the Indian government and the group Dow Chemical, which bought back Union Carbide, finally face up to their responsibilities. Until today no cleanup was begun.
