THE BHOPAL MEDICAL APPEAL – Supporting free medical care for the survivors of the worlds worse chemical disaster the Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Raghu Rai

This famous, terrible and tender picture was taken by Magnum photographer Raghu Rai on the morning of December 3rd, 1984, after the night of horror in Bhopal when a huge cloud of poison gas 500 times more toxic than hydrogen cyanide spewed from a factory belonging to Union Carbide Corporation.

Thousands died in hideous ways. As the sun rose on streets full of corpses, Raghu found himself in a graveyard where a man was burying his young daughter. The father had covered the tiny body but then, unable to bear parting from her, brushed the earth away for one last look.

For the Bhopalis this picture has come to symbolise over 30 years of unimaginable suffering, an injustice never righted, crimes unpunished, and a community that most of the world has forgotten.

Children of Bhopal

Something very shameful is happening in Bhopal and hardly anyone knows about it. Children are being born dead and malformed in numbers not seen since the spate of horrific births that followed the gas catastrophe of 1984.

Mention Bhopal and most people think of the horrific events of 3rd December 1984, when the city was devastated by a huge leak of poison gas from a pesticide factory owned by US chemical giant Union Carbide.

Thousands died in agony, choking, blinded by gas that burned their eyes and seared their lungs. More than half a million were injured. Today in the city, upwards of 150,000 people are still chronically ill from the injuries suffered on that night. The death toll has reached more than 25,000.

Protest in Front of Office Boston University President & Member #DowDuPont Co Board

Students and members of AID Boston protest in front of the office of Boston University president who is a member the #DowDuPont Co board. On the evening of Dec 2nd, concerned citizens gather in front of the office of Robert Brown, the President of Boston University and a board member of DowDupont. The […]

Protest March and Effigy Burning in Bhopal on Occasion of 34th Anniversary Bhopal Gas Disaster.

Today, in Bhopal on the 34th anniversary of the 1984 Gas Disaster, five survivors’ organisations marched to the abandoned Union Carbide factory where a traditional burning of effigies took place. More photos, click to enlarge. All photo Credit: Rohit Jain.

Pensioner Survivors of the Bhopal Disaster Protest at the 34th Anniversary

On the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Bhopal Disaster members of Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pensionbhogi Sangharsh Morcha (BGPNPSM) protest in the blazing midday sunshine at Neelam Park in Bhopal. . They’re also pointing out that the Indian Government’s ‘curative petition’ which aims to address the inadequacies of that settlement is itself using […]

Bhopal Disaster Survivors March on Union Carbide Factory

Late in the evening, thirty-four years ago today, the world’s worst industrial disaster rumbled in to life as highly toxic MIC gas began spewing from tank E610 on Union Carbide’s dilapidated pesticide factory in the heart of a populous central Indian city, Bhopal. Within three days the trail of devastation saw as many as 8-10,000 […]

Act on Corporate Crime Say Survivors’ Organisations

Press release from four organisations of survivors of the Bhopal Disaster, statement given at a press conference in Bhopal, December 2, 2018. Addressing a Press Conference on the occasion of the 34th Anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, leaders of four survivors’ organisations said that the Indian government is protecting the criminal corporations […]

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