machinery provided by union carbide for the m i c plant was unproven technology the use the equipment verifying it or making sure it was safe. because i was working with union carbide india ltd and. that's what i regret but i was not in control of the workers and. their workers and everything was in control of higher management. there were criminal charges for an offense known under indian laws culpable homicide which would be the equivalent of manslaughter and union carbide had been served but had refused to appear to face those criminal charges. with me to day one international chairman ridge you know just returned on a trip familiar so i want to take this opportunity to express my sympathy to all of those who were involved in the terrible tragedy in full for and when i first heard of the national reports on monday the third of december. they were sketchy but first. by the time tuesday morning arrive the magnitude of the tragedy becomes quite apparent so friday morning that early flight and we arrived. there was a subdued crowd waiting at the airport to lobby union carbide chairman warren anderson but the day's events which had taken extraordinary turn with dramatic develo

that can do that if you are a symbol mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy at union carbide india ltd facility in bhopal and even today continues to evoke strong emotions globally and rightfully so we're saddened however that despite all that has been written about the tragedy in the past twenty five years so many misconceptions still exist about union carbide and it's wrong the government of india is the appropriate entity to address any i'm going to express by the people of pot. we are saddened by the fact that the site remains underneath it adding to the tragedy that has occurred the site today is in the hands of the state government minder pradesh the state government owns the site and together with the central government they are trying to get the site cleaned up and union carbide is now a wholly owned subsidiary. dow chemical. in two thousand and one and august third the board. carbide approved the burger agreement will create the world's second largest chemical company and taking over does complicate things and doesn't because the law on contamination is very clear in india and