Question : UNSPENT FUNDS LYING FOR DISTRIBUTION TO BHOPAL GAS VICTIMS



(a) the number of wards in Bhopal City which have been paid the relief money so far;

(b) the reasons that twenty wards in the city are yet to be paid relief money where as whole of the Bhopal has been declared as Gas Victim by Kasliwal Committee,

(c) whether any representation has been received by the Government in this regard; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon so far ?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF CHEMICALS AND FETILIZERS & MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN).

(a) & (b) According to the information received from the office of Welfare Commissioner, the compensation has been paid to the gas victims of 36 affected as well as 20 unaffected wards. A statement of the cases registered in the 56 wards and compensation awarded in the category of injuries is enclosed. However, in the case of claimants of 20 unaffected wards, they have been paid compensation on proof of injury and the effect of gas leakage.

(c) & (d) The decision to declare 36 wards as gas affected areas was taken by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh based on mortality and morbidity. Representations were received for declaring the remaining 20 wards also as gas affected area. The matter of inclusion of additional wards into gas affected areas was examined in consultation with the State Government and it was decided that this would not be pursued further.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2797 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.8.2004.

S.No.	Ward No.	Registered case	Awarded case
1. 01 15292 10896

2. 02 16494 53

3. 03 15236 32

4. 04 12855 25

5. 05 23406 18489 6. 06 13611 10886

7 07 20930 17404

8. 08 19025 15427

9. 09 17986 15195 10. 10 22825 17968 11. 11 34011 24090 12. 12 23329 18872 13. 13-Out of BPL. 24672 18683 14. 14 15256 12320 15. 15 15081 12134 16. 16 12457 10791 17. 17 15781 12246 18. 18 14245 11669 19 19 18089 14307 20 20 25088 19827 21 21 14195 12072 22. 22 18186 15547 23. 23 15715 13301 24. 24 14440 11533 25. 25 16517 14076 26. 26 20046 14928 27. 27 18413 15731 28. 28 22178 17851 29. 29 18587 14041 30. 30 15608 344 31. 31 13483 783 32 32 13204 1729 33. 33 27565 548 34. 34 14083 76 35. 35 17571 84 36. 36 10317 149 37. 37 15097 282 38. 38 15690 11717 39. 39 20802 16214 40. 40 28994 22530 41. 41 18734 15389 42. 42 17603 14770 43. 43 17234 13479 44. 44 23558 18901 45. 45 21536 17503 46. 46 14020 12007 47. 47 26540 18090 48. 48 22445 174 49. 49 12140 24 50. 50 14957 25 51. 51 15469 31 52. 52 9063 01 53 53 14474 338 54. 54 21062 324 55. 55 13673 45 56. 56 12855 10
Total 10,01,723 5,55,961