{"id":5746,"date":"2010-06-24T20:30:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2010-06-25T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T09:52:44","slug":"bhopal-gas-victims-demanded-more-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bhopal-gas-victims-demanded-more-compensation","title":{"rendered":"Bhopal gas victims demanded more compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terming the increased compensation announced by the government as insufficient, about 700 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors Thursday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here to demand greater compensation in view of the hardships they have faced since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The government has announced a compensation package of Rs.10 lakh to the dead and Rs.5 lakh to the injured but till now we have only received a paltry sum of Rs.25,000. 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