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00:00A protest has been going on in Pithampur for the past few days.
00:05Union Carbide has brought 337 metric tons of chemical waste from Bhopal to Pithampur.
00:13People here are strongly protesting.
00:15The population of Pithampur is more than 5 lakhs.
00:18The population of Indore is more than 35 lakhs.
00:21Dhar is also nearby.
00:22Dhar district is a rural area.
00:24Millions of people, including tribal people, will be badly affected.
00:29The groundwater here will be badly affected.
00:35The air will also be polluted.
00:37Many people will be badly affected by this chemical waste.
00:42People will suffer from kidney diseases.
00:47People will also suffer from cancer.
00:50Everyone should know that in 1984, when Union Carbide leaked the gas,
00:54thousands of people died.
00:57They are dumping the waste here and trying to burn it.
01:01Everyone in Pithampur is against this.
01:07I have come here as a representative.
01:09Sandeep bhai is with Amiran Anshan.
01:11There are many other people who have come here to support them.
01:14We demand that this 337 metric tons of chemical waste should not be taken back from Pithampur.
01:21We will sit here and protest.
01:23We will also call for a ban on Pithampur.
01:25We demand that the government should find a place in Madhya Pradesh
01:28that is barren, where there are no animals,
01:32where there is no population,
01:34and dump the waste there.
01:36We also want to say that the waste that was created
01:39was created by the American company Union Carbide.
01:42We demand from the government of Madhya Pradesh and the Indian government
01:45that this waste should reach America
01:47where it should be disposed of and where it should be burned.
01:50We demand this.