Bhopal survivor Ruby
Twenty years have passed since the world's worst industrial disaster took place in Bhopal, India. On Dec 3rd 1984, toxic gas leaked from the poorly maintained and understaffed Bhopal plant owned by Union Carbide, killing up to 20,000 people and leaving 120,000 chronically ill to date. The survivors have never received adequate compensation for their debilitating illnesses. To this day the polluted site of the abandoned factory bleeds poisons daily into the groundwater of local residents. Dow Chemical now owns Union Carbide.
Ruby was born a couple years before the Bhopal disaster. Living in the shadow of the worse industrial disaster, that one night has shaped Ruby's entire life fighting for justice for the victims in Bhopal. Here is her story:
My name is Tahira Sultan, but people affectionately call me Ruby. I am 22 years old, and I was born in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. I am a happy-go-lucky person and usually keep everyone around me in splits of laughter. I have spent all 22 years of my life here in Bhopal. At present, I am studying for my Masters in Science in Biotechnology.
