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A Pilgrimage to Bhopal

A Pilgrimage to Bhopal. April, 2005. We all live in …. Bhopal. -- the city of Begums. -- the city of mosques. -- the city of lakes. -- the city of Mushairas and Kawalis. -- the “Baghdad of India”. Taj-ul-Masjid: The largest mosque in India. Inside Taj-ul-Masjid. At the steps of history.

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A Pilgrimage to Bhopal

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  1. A Pilgrimage to Bhopal April, 2005

  2. We all live in …

  3. Bhopal -- the city of Begums. -- the city of mosques. -- the city of lakes. -- the city of Mushairas and Kawalis. -- the “Baghdad of India”.

  4. Taj-ul-Masjid: The largest mosque in India.

  5. Inside Taj-ul-Masjid.

  6. At the steps of history.

  7. Remnants of the walled city of old Bhopal.

  8. 1972 – Union Carbide sets up a plant for producing Sevin (pesticide). 1982 – First death due to phosgene leak. 1984 – 40 tonnes of MIC leaks on the night of Dec 2nd - 3rd and kills between 3000 to 8000 people. 2004 – 20 years later, 150,000 people continue to suffer from the gas exposure.

  9. MIC Tank 610

  10. Flare Stacks

  11. Union Carbide

  12. To every mother in Bhopal who lost a child.

  13. Emergency Room Entrance – Hamidia Hospital

  14. Imagine the night of Dec 3rd in these corridors.

  15. UC Solar Evaporation Pond - not a blade of grass!

  16. Water is precious in Bhopal • Toxic waste has been lying around the plant for 20 years contaminating the ground water around the factory. • Water delivered by the municipality has very low pressure.

  17. “This water is not drinkable” – Bhopal Municipality.

  18. Results of Study done by Shristi [Surviving Bhopal, 2002]

  19. Water contaminants in Bhopal against standards BIS - Bureau of Indian Standards ICRCL – Interdepartmental Comm. for the redevelopment of contaminated land (UK). USEPA – United States Environment Protection Agency

  20. May 7th, 2004 • Supreme Court orders the Government of Madhya Pradesh to supply clean drinking water to the people, where groundwater has been contaminated.

  21. Water brought in tankers.

  22. Women’s daily lives revolve around water.

  23. Rachna Dhingra – AID Jeevansaathi.

  24. WARNING! Trespassers will NOT be prosecuted. The soil & water of Bhopal have been contaminated.

  25. Lots of hospitals – chaotic treatment. • Blind hysterectomy suggested in gynecological problems. • Heavy use of sedatives and its likes. • All studies by ICMR stopped in 1992.

  26. Sambhavna (Compassion; Hope) • Born in 1995 to treat the gas survivors through a combination of traditional and modern medicine. • Research, data collection, organizing, educating. • Verbal Autopsy: An emotionally painful process of collecting information about a deceased person by interviewing relatives.

  27. Sambhavna Clinic – hope for the victims.

  28. The “Ying and the Yang” – design by Sathyu.

  29. Sambhavna Clinic

  30. Striking features of the new building • Passive cooling: double walls, plenty of vents and sieved openings. • Rainwater harvesting (underground tank). • Waste water recycled for herb garden. • Wood used for paneling the ceiling was from heavy machinery shipment.

  31. Sambhavna Clinic – Medicinal herb garden.

  32. Sathyu with Champa Devi and Rashida Bee.

  33. Walls to isolate property, not air and water.

  34. “Humans could lie and exaggerate the sufferings caused by the gas, but the trees that never bore leaves since that dreaded night, will not.” -Translation from a conversation with an old man at the tea shop near Sambhavna.

  35. …and the struggle goes on.

  36. Long 20 years hasn’t broken spirits.

  37. Let us not allow another Bhopal to happen to humanity.

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