Just while there’s a slight lull in the self-righteous screams of a few posturing Americans over the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in May, shall we at this point remind President Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder of a little incident called the ‘Bhopal Disaster’ in India back in 1984…?
Maybe this has slipped the minds of a few American executives – but this tragedy in India at the hands of American Gas giant Union Carbide rates as the worst industrial catastrophe of all time. While Obama calls for British heads to roll over the BP oil spill, let’s revisit a few facts that he might do well to consider…
11 people killed in accident on oil rig leased by British company BP, resulting in 4 presidential visits, a $1.6bn clean-up bill and the establishment of a $20bn compensation fund in 2 months.
15,000+ people killed in accident at Indian Bhopal plant owned by American company Union Carbide, resulting in O presidential visits, O clean-up bill and just $470m compensation in 25 years.
Now, shall we say Pot. Kettle. Black…?
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Such a terrible catastrophe! Could have it been prevented, of course! Can we still do anything about it? Sure we can! Or maybe not us, but those who possess the capacity to handle such large scale disaster. Who are we talking about? The President of the United States! The Chairman or CEO of BP! These people and more should do something to at least control the already worsened situation.
Then next time something like this won’t happen again, that there won’t be 11 lives lost and billions of dollars wasted.
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