In India, a group of ministers is reexamining a range of issues related to the 1984 gas leak in the city of Bhopal, which has killed thousands of people.The panel of ministers was established after an outcry over what is perceived as inadequate justice and compensation for the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram says the mandate of the nine-member panel of ministers includes issues such as compensation for the victims of the gas leak, as well as legal and health matters related to the industrial disaster.
Three thousand-five hundred people died within days of inhaling the toxic gas that escaped from a Union Carbide plant in 1984 in the central Indian city of Bhopal. In the years since, tens of thousands have died, been disabled or afflicted with serious health problems.
