Real estate was also part of the deal: the land that the plant was built upon was owned by the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and as part of the overall deal, UCIL leased land from the government.
For the design of the plant, the parent corporation UCC was allowed to submit generalized guidelines for the design of the safety systems. But again in the name of national self-sufficiency, the Indian government wanted Indian consulting firms do the detailed design and installations. As for who would manage and operate the plant: the various Indian governments — national, state, and local — were also pursuing affirmative action programs.
Unsurprisingly, many of the locals were under-educated and under-trained, and many happened to be family members and friends of Indian government officials in charge of regulating the facility. The local government also actively encouraged more people to move there. It pursued a re-zoning policy, which included giving thousands of Indians construction loans to incentivize them to build their homes near the chemical plant.
At the American plant, all safety systems were installed, automated, and monitored at the highest level. But not in India. In both cases, the same parent company and the same general technology were involved — but one plant ran efficiently and safely while the other was a disaster. So: Bhopal is a classic case of mixed-economy, business-government partnership.
In such a corrupted business-politics environment, disasters are inevitable. And when disasters happen, scapegoats are needed.
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Published On 31 Oct Anderson escaped attempts to bring him to trial although other local executives were convicted. Survivors of the gas leak protesting on the eve of the 29th anniversary of the gas tragedy in [File: EPA] The local India newspaper The Hindu said the Indian government had made multiple attempts to extradite him.
More from Economy. Yet, just four days after the tragedy, Anderson flew out of Bhopal on the official plane of Arjun Singh. Anderson, now almost 90 years old, was the Chairman and CEO of Union Carbide when the lethal gas leaked on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, Anderson is believed to have taken key decisions, including a cost-cutting measure that compromised safety at the gas plant. Security precautions too were inadequate. AP Photo. After the gas leak, Anderson was arrested and then released on bail by the Madhya Pradesh Police on December 7, He left India immediately after signing a bond of 25, rupees and has refused to return ever since.
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