London: The tragic legacy of the Bhopal gas disaster has cast its shadow on the 2012 Olympics in London. Twenty-seven years after a leak of methyl isocyanate gas killed thousands of people, campaigners are outraged that the Games are partnering the company that now owns Union Carbide. Dow related stories Chemical, which merged with Union Carbide Corporation in 1997, is to produce a massive £7 million (R51 crore) fabric wrap for the main Olympics stadium — designed to rival the Beijing Bird’s Nest stadium. The wrap will have 336 individual panels, each of which will be 25m high and 2.5m wide. It will drop a spectacular curtain around the steel girders, breezeblocks and seating of the £486 million (R3,548 crore) stadium. Dow, ‘chemistry partner’ to the Olympics, is to begin installing it next spring. Read Full : Bhopal shadow over London Olympics - Hindustan Times
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Bhopal shadow over London Olympics - Hindustan Times
London: The tragic legacy of the Bhopal gas disaster has cast its shadow on the 2012 Olympics in London. Twenty-seven years after a leak of methyl isocyanate gas killed thousands of people, campaigners are outraged that the Games are partnering the company that now owns Union Carbide. Dow related stories Chemical, which merged with Union Carbide Corporation in 1997, is to produce a massive £7 million (R51 crore) fabric wrap for the main Olympics stadium — designed to rival the Beijing Bird’s Nest stadium. The wrap will have 336 individual panels, each of which will be 25m high and 2.5m wide. It will drop a spectacular curtain around the steel girders, breezeblocks and seating of the £486 million (R3,548 crore) stadium. Dow, ‘chemistry partner’ to the Olympics, is to begin installing it next spring. Read Full : Bhopal shadow over London Olympics - Hindustan Times