Chingari Trust has organised a photo exhibition to mark 36th anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Thirty-six years after Bhopal’s industrial gas disaster, the poisons of Union Carbide, Dow Chemical are still present and the consequences of such poisonous gases are seen in the form of congenital disabilities in the present generation or next. Also, this photo exhibition depicts the work done by Chingari Trust during COVID-19 period.

 

The photo exhibition will start from December 2, at 12 noon and end on December 3 at 3 pm. Venue will be Rajiv Gandhi Bal Udyan, Near Union Carbide, JP Nagar in Bhopal. Chingari Trust has been working from the last 14 years for the rehabilitation of congenitally disabled children born in the families affected by Bhopal Gas Tragedy and subsequent water contamination.

 

The Chingari Trust has worked for seven years for the rehabilitation of 2nd and 3rd generation children born to parents and grandparents affected by the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy and the ongoing water contamination. Currently, the Trust has registered more than 800 children. Approximately 200 children attend the Rehabilitation Centre daily to benefit from services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, special education, sports sessions, supplementary nutrition provisions and transportation facilities, all free of charge.