Bhopal legacy: India's athletes urged to boycott games

29 May 2012 Last updated at 21:33 ET Help

Campaigners in India are keeping up the pressure for Indian athletes to boycott the London 2012 Olympic games - in opposition to Dow Chemical being one of the Olympic sponsors.

The US company owns Union Carbide, whose Indian subsidiary was responsible for the world's worst industrial disaster in 1984, when the pesticide plant leaked tonnes of lethal chemicals over Bhopal.

Nearly 30 years on, the Bhopal tragedy still provokes deep anger in India, as Andrew North reports.

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.