Protest against Dow: Gas victims to hold 'Bhopal Olympics'

BHOPAL: Asking the London Olympic Games Committee to reject Dow Chemical's sponsorship, five bodies working for the gas victims today said otherwise they would organise ' Bhopal Olympics' to coincide with the 2012 sports extravaganza where disables from the city would participate.

Holding protests on the anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy today, the organisations working for the gas victims said children with congenital disabilities caused by Union Carbide's 'poisons' and Vietnamese children hurt by Dow's 'Agent Orange' would participate in the 'Bhopal Olympics'.

As part of the protests against Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of 2012 Olympics, the victims set afire effigies of chairman of London Organising Committee for Olympic Games Lord Sebastian Coe and Indian Olympic Association Chairman Vijay Kumar Malhotra.

The protest was organised by Bhopal Group for Information and Action, Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmchari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangarsh Morcha, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Morcha and Children Against Dow Chemicals.

The protesters took out a march to the defunct Union Carbide factory where they set afire the effigies of Coe and Malhotra.