What remediation work has been performed at the site?
In the years following the tragedy, the Indian government severely restricted access to the site. Only in the latter years prior to the sale was UCIL able to undertake additional clean-up work, spending some $2 million on that effort. Every step of that clean-up work was approved, monitored and directed by the central and state government authorities in India. We understand that, after the sale of UCIL stock in 1994, Eveready Industries continued the clean-up work at the site until 1998. That year, the state government of Madhya Pradesh revoked Eveready’s lease on and took possession of the facility and publicly assumed all accountability for the site. In 2004, a Public Interest Litigation was filed and is currently before the State of Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur. One of the claims made in the litigation — against the Union of India, the State of Madhya Pradesh and private companies allegedly responsible — is to seek remediation of the plant site. However, according to medi
UCIL was only able to undertake additional clean-up work in the years just prior to the sale (1994), and spent some $2 million on that effort. The central and state government authorities in India approved, monitored and directed every step of the clean-up work. We understand that, after UCC sold its stock in UCIL in 1994, the renamed company — Eveready Industries — continued the clean-up work at the site until 1998. That year, the Madhya Pradesh State Government, which owns and had been leasing the property to Eveready, took over the facility and assumed all accountability for the site, including the completion of any additional remediation. In 2004, a Public Interest Litigation was filed and is currently before the State of Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur. One of the claims made in the litigation — against the Union of India, the State of Madhya Pradesh and private companies allegedly responsible — seeks remediation of the plant site. However, according to media reports, co
