Category: Community Blog

Thursday 2nd and Friday 1st March Spirits are still soaring but most of us are suffering from swollen ankles and niggling blisters. Since March 3rd, we have covered about 65 kilometers and are now 30 odd kilometers from Shivpuri, the next town. We are still maintaining a brisk pace, however at the cost of about…

Tuesday 28th February and Wednesday 1st March After spending the night just a few feet from the road in Rajgarh, we began the walk to Guna just about half an hour before sunrise. The aim was to get to Guna (which has a population of about half a million) by midday so we could spend…

Monday 27th February We are now in a town called Khatakiya Chouraha, 44 kilometers south of Guna. We are staying at a rest house for government employees. We walked 32 kilometers today, 21 of them before our first meal. After a quick round of chai, everyone had packed up and left our Ghorapachhar resting spot…

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February This update is both for 25th and 26th Feb. Sent by Michael, a volunteer at the Sambhavna Trust clinic in Bhopal, who has just joined the march After walking a total of about 21 kilometers today (26th Feb), we have just arrived in a small village called Paakahriya Pura,…

Thursday 23rd February TODAY’S THEME: COMMUNITY HEALTH, DOWNLOAD FACTSHEET HERE 23rd February 2PM We decided to stay one more day in Pillukhedi so that we could talk to people here about ways and means to take on the three companies that are causing large scale damage. In the morning all of us [except Naseer, Nafeesa…

Wednesday 22nd February TODAY’S THEME: HEALTH SURVEILLANCE, DOWNLOAD FACTSHEET HERE The walk from Shyampur was not too tiring and we got to Pillukhedi around noon and cooked lunch. This is a big village on the bank of the beautiful river Parvati. Because of the water, an industrial estate was set up here and several factories…

Monday 20th February TODAY’S THEME: HEALTHCARE, DONWLOAD FACTSHEET HERE. Monday, 20 February 2006 Just before noon hundreds of people gathered at the statue of the Mother & Child (the memorial opposite the abandoned Union Carbide factory) to see us padyatris (marchers) begin the long walk to Delhi. Many family members were crying as they hugged…

ATTEMPTED GREENWASH BACKFIRES ON NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT FROM BRIDGET HANNA IN NEW YORK Here’s an update about Bill Russell’s Bhopal event at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday night, cosponsored by the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Because no one affiliated with ICJB was willing to participate, the whole…

Today, we had this worrying report concerning Diane: “five days into her fast and according to her sister not looking very good. But another source in the jail says she’s looking okay. If she continues her fast there’s a good chance she might be force fed or transferred to a jail with medical facilities or…