WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Gas Leak Survivors Protest Settlement
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
At least 2,000 victims of the 1984 Bhopal, India, gas leak disaster marched through the city, shouting slogans and waving placards to protest the $470-million settlement between their government and Union Carbide Corp. of Danbury, Conn. It was the second anniversary of the settlement. Initially, the government had demanded $3 billion for the toxic gas leak at the Union Carbide-operated pesticide plant in Bhopal. At least 3,700 people were killed and more than 20,000 injured.
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