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The Beautiful City of Bhopal In India

by shariqueniazi | July 26, 2007 at 03:34 am | 599 views | 5 comments | 12 recommendations

Bhopal is the place were one of the biggest manmade tragidies occured in 1984.Almost more than 5000 people died.MIC gas leaked from an american multinational company.The head of the company UNION CARBIDE has been declared a fugitive by the Indian Government.

The people of Bhopal are still fighting with Union Carbide for Justice.Even today thousands are suffering from the illeffect of the poisnous gas leakage.The head of the company Warren Anderson is no where to be seen.

The city is still facing environmetal and other problems due to this.

http://bhopalproperties.blogspot.com/2007/07/beauty-of-bhopal.html

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Brian A Kennedy

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at 06:37 on July 26th, 2007

Fabulous photos! Thanks so much for this.

ryan

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at 06:41 on July 26th, 2007

shariqueniazi, this seems like an interesting story -and the pictures are great. However consider these points:

make the current event more prominent - perhaps lede with that or put it in the second sentence - relevance is the key to news.
what are the specific problems?
how are they fighting for justice?
tell us more about the city. how many people live there etc.
check out our j-tips for more guidance.

thanks for your post, it's Good Stuff.

moonwolf

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at 10:15 on July 26th, 2007

Thanks for keeping this front and centre! In the welter of information we tend to forget about corporate atrocities like this.

I still look for the Union Carbide label and have't bought anything with that trademark since then.

kate

at 19:38 on July 26th, 2007

what a terrible tragedy. It is so awful that the media tends to move on after the initial story is over. Here it is 23 years later and there are still really troubling things that the people there are suffering due to the disaster. I think it is sick that there hasn't been adequate redress from Union Carbide. Is there a movement there to seek redress? I'd be interested to know what the scene is locally in that regard.

moonwolf

at 07:00 on July 27th, 2007

Hey Kate,

I do not have time to find out the details but I believe there has been an ongoing legal challenge on behalf of these people and Union Carbide has fought it every step of the way.