Bhopal: Twenty Years On

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY Bhopal: Twenty Years On Twenty years after the Bhopal gas disaster, accountability remains the principal casualty of a seriously misconceived litigation. And the mechanisms of succour for the victims, despite the windfall of a recent Supreme Court order, are rapidly winding down, never having performed with anything like the required efficiency and sensitivity. The two rather dim flickers that survive where accountability is concerned are a criminal case proceeding fitfully in a Bhopal magistrate