Regional (M.P & C.G)
CBI Concludes Arguments in Gas Tragedy Case
Bhopal — The Central Bureau of Investigation Monday completed its arguments in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case stating that the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) had not followed the safety and maintenance norms.
In the final CBI argument counsel C Sahay told Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Mohan P Tiwari that an expert team from Union Carbide Corporation, USA, surveyed UCIL in 1982 and found serious safety and maintenance lapses.
He, however, pointed out that even after UCC experts’ team visit, adequate safety measures and maintenance work did not take place in UCIL, Bhopal the source of a 1984 gas leak, which earned notoriety as the world’s worst industrial disaster.
