Sunil Verma

Sunil Verma
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1972
ƙasa	Indiya
Mutuwa	16 ga Augusta, 2006
Yanayin mutuwa	kisan kai (rataya)
Sana'a
Sana'a	gwagwarmaya da Mai kare ƴancin ɗan'adam

Sunil Verma (1972 - 16 Agusta 2006), kansa wanda aka azabtar, ya kasance mai fafutukar kare hakkin wadanda bala'in Bhopal ya shafa, mummunan bala'in masana'antu kamar na 2007. Ya ba da shaida a cikin shari'ar da aka yi wa kamfanin lokacin da ya zo don sauraron a birnin New York a 1986. Ya kafa kungiyar Yara Against Carbide, lokacin da ya kasance shekaru 1987.

Bala'in iskar gas

An haife shi a Bhopal a cikin 1972, ɗan kafinta, Verma ya zauna a JP Nagar, kusa da shukar da Union Carbide ke gudanarwa, yanzu wani reshe na Dow Chemicals, lokacin da ruwan iskar gas ya faru a ranar 3 ga Disamba 1984. Shi da danginsa sun yi ƙoƙarin tserewa, yayin da gajimare mai guba na methyl isocyanate gas ya sauka a cikin babban birnin jihar Madhash. ’Yan uwa sun rabu, kuma Sunil Verma, idanunsa na kuna da zafi da zafi, ya samu nasarar shiga motar bas da ta kai shi Hoshangabad, kimanin kilomita 70 (mil 44). Ya suma aka kai shi asibitin gundumar.

Ya koma Bhopal mako guda bayan ya tarar da mahaifansa biyu, ’yan’uwa mata uku da yayyensa biyu sun mutu. ’Yan’uwansa guda biyu, ‘yar’uwa ’yar shekara 10 da kane mai shekara biyu da rabi, su ne kawai sauran wadanda suka tsira. 'Yan uwan sun kai yaran zuwa Lucknow, amma yaran sun koma Bhopal, suna rayuwa bisa karimcin maƙwabta, duka Hindu da Musulmi. 'Yar'uwar Sunil da ɗan'uwan sun ƙaura zuwa ƙauyen SOS - matsuguni da wata ƙungiyar agaji ta kafa don ɗaukar marayu na bala'in iskar gas - yayin da Sunil ya sami yin karatu tun yana matashi.

Ayyukan aiki

An zabe shi ya aza harsashin ginin asibitin mutane na farko a Bhopal ga wadanda iskar gas ta shafa a watan Yuni 1985. Yara Against Carbide sun hada marayu da sauran wadanda abin ya shafa don neman adalci ga wadanda suka tsira daga bala'in. Abubuwan da ke tattare da su sune na diyya da lafiya.

Verma ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Bhopal don Bayani da Aiki, kuma ya halarci kowace gangamin tunawa da bala'i, yayin da lafiyar kwakwalwarsa ta tabarbare.

A cikin Fabrairun 1989, gwamnatin Indiya ta yanke shawara ba tare da kotu ba tare da Union Carbide, wanda ya biya dalar Amurka miliyan 470 a matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar. Verma ya yi balaguro zuwa Ireland, Netherlands da kuma Burtaniya don yin kira da goyon baya ga sulhu. An kama shi a Houston, Texas, lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙarin gabatar da rahoton muhalli a taron shekara-shekara na Union Carbide. Kukan jama'a ne ya sa aka sake shi cikin gaggawa. Verma ya karbi dalar Amurka $2,200 daga kotun da'awar da ke raba sulhu, ko da yake yana da hakkin samun kusan sau hudu wannan adadin. Ya yi yunkurin fara kasuwanci da kudin, amma yunkurin ya ci tura. An ba shi gida a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin agaji na gwamnati, amma don kyauta ga kuskure, ya ba da shi ga wani abokinsa mara gida.

Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji a asibitin Sambhavna Trust Clinic ga waɗanda suka tsira kuma ko da yake ba shi da aikin yi a lokacin, ya ƙi karɓar kuɗi don aikinsa. Ya kuma zagaya Indiya, inda ya yi jawabi ga mabukata. Tare da wasu marayu da iskar gas, Sunil ya zauna yajin cin abinci a Bhopal na tsawon kwanaki shida a shekara ta 2003, yana neman ayyukan da gwamnati ta bayar shekaru da suka gabata.

Rashin lafiya

A cikin Maris 1997 Sunil ya fara "jin muryoyi a kansa". Haka kuma ya sha fama da rashin barci kuma yana tunanin mutane suna shirin kashe shi. A watan Yuni 1997 yanayinsa ya tsananta kuma yakan gudu daga gida. Ya sha yunkurin kashe kansa sau da yawa. A ƙarshe an gano shi yana da schizophrenia kuma ya fara magani.

Ya rataye kansa ne a shekara ta 2006, inda ya bar bayanin cewa ya kashe kansa ba don ba shi da lafiya amma yana da duk abin da ya sani game da shi. Bayan mutuwar Sunil, mutane da yawa daga Netherlands, Amurka, Afirka ta Kudu da sauran ƙasashe sun tattara kuɗi don tunawa da shi don kafa cibiyar kula da tabin hankali.