Document QpXyv5E0Bve1979XJzOYjdgo

FILE NAME: Z//E DATE:D DOC#: /E DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:dZ/E&ZZ Z^ ) l I I;J I - '. . ,.. 7. /J-.1.ts ;A/f~iAb..A1/lLA.,,tf 2 07:~<r>~q/o'? 1!-~~x.;~: 1:)' ' -~r.'<:'."t'; i { ~~:,:.:;:, ;;~,:.:;;~~;~;,,Flo'utin_g of-~~~~;t~~i.! .. ,> . r~a,onahl~ rettll~ takin11: into account " tf1 :, '. , , .. 1he e10,1on in tlie value of the ru)X"e ' on the one _hand and t~e 1ate ~,f "'-. . :~:7 04 " .~.n 1 ":,_ . '':..1, 1>tc~;~. ~- 1 i : 1 ~e~:he ~u~~~~~~:::ts ~~d~~:~~~~ 'i'safeguard~ all_eg~Jl :, ~ ~d t~~ !~:;;e/rn"! banks.'::~ deposits with F ".~, ;t : : As on Marci 31, 1980, the orga- 1 , f ':);,t.:". . . '. 11isa1ion ._"<Jvercd 93,0'!4 ;l ments with 1,046.6 !11ill~on ,~tabli~h subscri _ ' :.\ LONDON, .Maroh '22 rtiW . , .1>.,;; ~N}l': the .sole sel!in~ agent in ., We-st Asia a~;; er~. Their total cot1tnbut1ons a~ountb ed to R<. 6,433.72 J. aOndlamrgueltiI-nndaitaionnaalssb ecsotollsabfoirrmat<S.tAfTnhcae. Bn't. ments R~. crores and mves_t. !ng with them :are ~allegedly fl ce~.t. ish company I :_1 owns 74 ~~I 31, 1980. 5,847.37 crores .1111 Mar~b. mg safeguards asbestos ex against out.';. hazards of .th.is _polafnt_t.heonBlyomwobrakyerc~o~mpatnhye, .fllunfsf1indge , ~ Ahout t er~ were 70 per cent contributing of the e1gh~ '11.lhScrili pct cent It has. ure'" .;._. POf> : . ,":. >., .., Ja>!Mira' tocrasr.diWnogr~aererass a,re are 1 issued wJth res-,1 not told abou .... and the rc'it o.25 puid on claim~ account per at. Amoun~ of sett'ement of exposure been established that asbestos causes cancer of the lining nf tre lung and strin~nt the .not hazards of asbesto~ and often wear res?,irators. They receiv11 t,' do .; nol r and advances 31, !'l80 totalled R~. up to Mar\:h 3,fl03.71 c1ore~. arc being enforced, in rics io the asbesstaofsegfuacatrod-s. iInnctohniv~ esneicetniocne".1illlowance' fo' r workina ~~ mvOeoriitg1malllly thtehe coolrlegca1~1iosnati~mn had to, A U.S. United States. multinaJ.ional ' collaborates ~eeTphineg'repmoretassuays even simple . , "house- .. ~ I ment securities of the Lflnt_ral gouvnedrenr~entth.e goverri direction The p with a factory ih ~edabad and a British multinatiQlllll;irwitb a Bombay . m the plant, res are The floors not are employed.{ dry-swept, :1 firm. creating dust.' . The same lock ~ j c~recnutra1~1e1~ofhamdve<be.temntflt m governmnt brought down A says report in tha th "' the , .,._,,, 'New Scienti.,t'~~here\ .:ov~~h1rcah~sa raendth.ut hs ecownto~rlkle}:msateodw.:n. ecrlsobtaelsd,,~ '1 over the )ear~ but the inte1est earn Aa~hbmesetdosabt,acdeel~strloinawedadstoo,q.t)h>Oeoutthr~aicdstieod,eiys,ibiny':;:e!i>Wa~mrmkeartisonus nbduetrgaore:ren,ogtultaorld med t.eal~.~1 the. re-;", Poli treated waste water te.-t is emptied uninto a tical links with tren suits. Day labourers who ~arry away the waste dust that the ven~1Jat10n c ch piled with solid asbestos waste. dac Solid wastes from the plant Jitter the tern traps hav~ no are covered protection. sys- 1 They. 1 oits under study neighbourhood houstl.!. on the wastes. <;:hildren ' plaY. wtlh dust, . 'Thll ret>Ort concludes: "These two KANPUR, the first time. March 22 IUNll: the antecedent~ of For pro- The asbestos tory carry products of this fac- examples illustrate a fundamental point. The life-saving medical aild engi- ; minent political leader~ in the dacoit infested nreaq of Uttar P1 ade~h are people howntoo waarvnoiindg clraebaetlisn,g teldluinsgt nP?orotrein~g technoli;>gY along wJth dtah~agtersohuosuld be ex\' 1 ohefJnt~hescarnuttii-ndia>ceodilyhydrthivee,poalctcce as part when they use (he pipes and sheets. The Asbestos International Associa 8.1~~ 1~ of.ten left belund.. It 1s ll'! teclinnl<>-t; ' reliable sources. ording to Already, evidence suggeqting possible links with dacoits of about half-a tion - an international group of ashes- tos companies requires asbestos oompaniei\ to carry warning labels.. of (he husm'ees~for_wor_drPldQtnos1sbtleep mfeomrwbaerr~s and m_ake a commilment not to profit by such abuses. dozen legislators had been found. they The U.S. collaborator of thi~ firm t uid. was sued by thousand~ of American / It ha~ been widely fospected that workers for .not puHing warning laooJs geveral poltticians in the Chambal and l~xcess>/ Yamuna ravines aq well as other affecl- on the' asbestos products it sold in the U.S. until 1964, the report sayq, td region~ culti\'ated and .. dacoit gangs, hut nothing protected had been The collaborator. which supplied the Ahmedabad firm with technical know -- done in this direction so far. It was recently disdo1ed that how and engineering assistance, own~ A shares in lhe CGmpany of which >t i~ -. ... .. -:.... . .. i...., \ I I I "