Title: [otd] 3rd December 1984 - Bhopal - disaster and dramatised story Post by: grahame on December 03, 2023, 02:36:39 There are certain events that have come up in researching "on this day" that are massively significant but perhaps in which public (or freight) transport in not a headline, and perhaps took place in a land far, far from the South West of England. One such is the industrial accident at Bhopal in India which killed some 3,500 people as a minimum initial estimate, many times that as a consequence, and left many many more than that damaged for life. There is an account in The Atlantic - here (https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/) from 2014 which tells the story - I won't say the full story because it could never be "full" in an article.
Recently, a dramatised version (and I suspect liberties have been taken and assumptions made) has been made available on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81711003) using the Railway as one of the lead settings and that gives me a better reason to remember Bhopal here on the "Coffee Shop" on this day - with thoughts for those who survived and the families of those who did not. With admiration of the bravery of some, and a feeling of "we must NEVER let this happen again. Quote The Railway Men - The Untold Story Of Bhopal 1984 2023 | Maturity rating:15 | 1 Season | Drama After a deadly gas leaks from a factory in Bhopal, brave railway workers risk their lives to save others in the face of an unspeakable disaster. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |