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Ordinance to restore Bhopal gas victims' property

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NK SINGH Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday promulgated an ordinance for the restoration of moveable property sold by some people while fleeing Bhopal in panic following the gas leakage. The ordinance covers any transaction made by a person residing within the limits of the municipal corporation of Bhopal and specifies the period of the transaction as December 3 to December 24, 1984,  Any person who sold the moveable property within the specified period for a consideration which he feels was not commensurate with the prevailing market price may apply to the competent authority to be appointed by the state Government for declaring the transaction of sale to be void.  The applicant will furnish in his application the name and address of the purchaser, details of the moveable property sold, consideration received, the date and place of sale and any other particular which may be required.  The competent authority, on receipt of such an application, will conduct an inquiry gi
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Free rations for Bhopal gas victims

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NK SINGH

Bhopal: The distribution of free foodgrain and milk to the gas-hit people of Bhopal, which commenced soon after they returned to their localities, has continued for the past four months, providing succour to a very large population distress. The Madhya Pradesh Government has already spent over Rs 6.4 crore on this.

The state Government decided to distribute free food grain to affected persons on December 21 last year.

According to official sources, the magnitude of this operation was so great that almost 500 officers and employees from various departments of the Government had to be mobilised to assist the district administration in organising this distribution. A large number of new ration cards had to be prepared and fair distribution ensured. In all, 212 fair price shops were assigned the distribution work and arrangements were made for supervising the work of these shops.

Each individual was issued 9 kg of wheat, 3 kg. of rice, 500 grams of sugar and 500 m.1. of edible oil.

Free distribution of milk commenced on December 9, 1984, To begin with, milk was distributed at 10 centres in the town. Subsequently, the number of centres increased to 26 and milk worth Rs 1 lakh a day is being issued through them, to 33,000 card-holders in the affected area. The milk is being supplied by the Bhopal Milk Federation. Until April 21 this year. 

1,92,180 quintals of wheat worth Rs 3.92 crore. 58,038 quintals of rice worth Rs 1.87 crore, 4,497 quintals of sugar worth Re 19.25 lakh and 3,78,953 litres of edible oil worth Rs 42.32 lakh had been distributed to the gas-hit population Also, 27,24,480 litres of milk was also distributed free, sources said. 

Indian Express

May 1, 1985






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