The Group of Ministers on Bhopal gas disaster on Monday recommended a Rs 1,320 crore package for the victims enhancing the compensation for the kin of dead to Rs 10 lakh and for permanently disabled Rs five lakh. The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, concluded four-day deliberations and submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which will be considered by the Union Cabinet at a special meeting on Friday. The Ministers recommended fresh steps to seek extradition of former chief of Union Carbide Warren Anderson and filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to restore stringent charges against the accused in the gas leak disaster that claimed over 15,000 lives nearly 26 years ago. Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath, a member of the GoM, told reporters that the dead would get Rs 10 lakh while the permanently disabled will get Rs five lakh, those temporarily disabled will get Rs one lakh.
Those afflicted by cancer and other serious ailments will get Rs two lakh, Nath said adding the money would be given after deducting payments already made to the victims. He said the Centre would foot Rs 750 crore in this regard. Madhya Pradesh Minister Babulal Gaur, who is also a member of the GoM, expressed dissatisfaction over the package saying the state government has demanded a Rs 5,000 crore package.
Those afflicted by cancer and other serious ailments will get Rs two lakh, Nath said adding the money would be given after deducting payments already made to the victims. He said the Centre would foot Rs 750 crore in this regard. Madhya Pradesh Minister Babulal Gaur, who is also a member of the GoM, expressed dissatisfaction over the package saying the state government has demanded a Rs 5,000 crore package.
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