Bhopal Second Disaster

Shabana, 30, is deep in thoughts while looking after her young disabled daughter, Sufiya, one and a half years old, while lying on a bed inside their home in Kabar Kana, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Sufiya is Shabana's first child and the family is now scared of considering further pregnancies. Sufiya suffers from a neurological disorder causing severe seizures and slow development. She is not able to eat or swallow food naturally, and is surviving only on water and milk. As a toddler, in 1984 Shabana survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.

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Shabana, 30, is deep in thoughts while looking after her young disabled daughter, Sufiya, one and a half years old, while lying on a bed inside their home in Kabar Kana, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Sufiya is Shabana's first child and the family is now scared of considering further pregnancies. Sufiya suffers from a neurological disorder causing severe seizures and slow development. She is not able to eat or swallow food naturally, and is surviving only on water and milk. As a toddler, in 1984 Shabana survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.