Indian Olympic Association does not settle for no-Dow logo
The Indian Olympic Association has recently urged the International Olympic Committee to cut off its ties with Dow Chemical entirely.
This response from the IOA has repeated itself again after the United States conglomerate announced that it will not be using its logo at the Olympic stadium. However, this did not sit too well with the Indian community, who are asking for a complete boycott
of the Dow Chemical company from the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Dow Chemical company was involved in a tragic incident that took place in Bhopal, India back in the year 1984. The incident involved a gas leak from one of the plants that belonged to the company.
As a result of the gas leakage, thousands of people lost their lives over a period of time. Some immediate deaths took place on the spot but the affects of the deadly gas continued to cause harm to the people of the region.
Several births took place with defects and the occurrence of cancer among the people of Bhopal increased. In all, there were a total of 15,000 people who lost their lives at the hands of the tragic incident.
V.K. Malhotra, who is the acting president of the IOA, made the following comments on the matter, “A false campaign has been launched by the Dow Chemical's saying that matter has been settled. It is not correct. The case is still pending in the court and
no final compensation has been made.”
The Dow Chemical company made monetary compensation to the people of Bhopal in order to pay off its liabilities. The amount of money that was paid was £288 million. However, the government of India as well as the victims of Bhopal claimed that the monetary
compensation was not enough in comparison with the damage caused by the Dow Chemical company.
Mr. Rogge of the Olympic Games has been asked by Malhotra to cut ties with the Dow Chemical company completely. There are some groups in India who are advocating the complete boycott of the Olympic Games in case the IOC does not back off from its decision
to keep Dow as partners.
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