NGO against destruction of gas tragedy papers

Bhopal, Jul 31 (UNI) A non-government organisation working for victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy today protested a proposal by the Welfare Commissioner (Gas Tragedy Claims) to destroy documents presented in claim courts.

''This will amount to injustice,'' Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan Convenor Abdul Jabar told mediapersons here while reacting to newspaper reports that all documents barring some necessary ones would be destroyed after August 31.

Advocating that compact discs be prepared on all the documents, he expressed apprehension that Union Carbide -- allegedly responsible for the tragedy -- would be benefitted by destruction of documents.

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