We call upon the Indian Ministry of Environment to scrap their decision to allow this ship to come to India.

India is not a dumping ground for France.

The French court's decision and President Chirac's statement to call the ship back shows how a government when pressured by the public opinion can take corrective action.

It is a crime to allow asbestos [into India], and those doing so should be prosecuted. We will oppose the Clemenceau's entry to the last.