In India, survivors of the Bhopal chemical plant disaster have succeeded in finally forcing the Indian government to take steps to clean up the site of the 1984 gas leak that killed thousands. On Monday, India’s prime minister vowed to clean up the pesticide factory as well as to provide fresh drinking water for local residents and to build a memorial for the thousands who died in the disaster. For the past 20 years survivors have been attempting to get help from the Indian government and the U.S. company Dow Chemical. Earlier this year a group of 40 survivors and activists walked 500 miles from Bhopal to New Delhi. Last week they began a hunger strike.