Was there sincere effort to provide relief, rehabilitation to Bhopal gas tragedy victims?

It is doubtful whether anyone took sincere effort to provide succor to the millions of Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

At least after the fall of Herr Hitler, Nazi concentration camp victims and sufferers were provided with relief all sorts.

Here millions were dead and other millions were living death-in-life lives on account of Bhopal gas leak from Union Carbide company.

The total solatium was restricted to 470 million US dollars. The criminal charge was diluted from culpable homicide not amounting to murder ( 304 of IPC) to negligible offence like careless in upkeep of the gas in the company.

One cannot blame the present court which awarded two years’ jail term to eight Indian officials of the company. The Supreme Court itself had diluted the framing of charges, of course on some petition. Now Justice Ahmadi who was part of this decision says no one had gone in appeal against this verdict of the apex court.
Justice Ahmadi has also cited a provision to the effect that there cannot be vicarious responsibility in criminal cases.

So, perhaps we were correct in arraigning the boat driver for the Thekkady boat tragedy? KTDC chairman and other top officials could not be tried for vicarious responsibility?

Now what are we going to do about paying adequate amount of compensation to all Bhopal gas tragedy victims? Will the group of ministers’ conclave actually work out some gracious settlement?