the problem with this say activists is that once settled out of court dow will no longer be responsible for compensating for the water contaminationthe problem with this say activists is that once settled out of court dow will no longer be responsible for compensating for the water contaminationthe problem with this say activists is that once settled out of court dow will no longer be responsible for compensating for the water contaminationthe problem with this say activists is that once settled out of court dow will no longer be responsible for compensating for the water contaminationnew delhi documents in tois possession show that an offer by ratan tata who heads the indous business council to take up remediation in plain words cleaning up of the union carbide plant site has been picked up by the pmo and top ministries to find a way out for dowthe problem with this say activists is that once settled out of court dow will no longer be responsible for compensating for the water contamination in other words while the site might be cleaned up with the help of tata and other industrialists the indirect victims of carbides cavalier factory management might be left high and dry what do the documents show they consist of several notes generated by the pmo finance and industry ministers the planning commission and the cabinet secretarycommerce and industry minister kamal nath wrote to the pmo in february 2007 while i would not like to comment on whether dow chemicals has a legal responsibility or not as it is a matter for courts to decide with a view to sending an appropriate signal to dow chemicals which is exploring investing substantially in india i would urge that a group under the chairmanship of the cabinet secretary be formed to look into the matter in a holistic manner he added in a similar manner as was done with respect to the enron corporation with respect to dabhol power corporation in the dabhol case an outofcourt settlement was reached with its now defunct promoter enron deputy chairman of planning commission montek singh ahluwalia wrote to the pm finance minister p chidambaram and kamal nath in december 2006 ministry of industry has granted foreign collaboration approval for a technical collaboration between dow and reliance this was greatly appreciated as a signal that dow was not blacklistedhowever they have sought a statement from goi in the court clarifying that goi does not regard dow as legally responsible for liabilities of union carbide similarly shri ratan tata has written to the fm suggesting that we should launch an industry led intiative dow chemicals indicated that they would be willing to contribute to such an effort voluntarily but not under a cloud of legal liability ahluwalia goes on to advise cabinet secretary should be asked to try and resolve the issue in an interministerial meeting including ratan tata or his representativeearlier tata wrote to ahluwalia in november 2006 dow has mentioned in their