April 26, 2026 Press Statement
Four organisations working with survivors of the Union Carbide disaster—Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh (BGPMSS), Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha (BGPMPSM), Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA) and Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pensionbhogi Sangharsh Morcha—mourn the passing of eminent photojournalist Raghu Rai, whose images ensured that Bhopal’s truth could not be buried.
“Raghu Rai was a steadfast ally of the Bhopal campaign. He captured the immediate and unbearable human cost of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster and returned, time and again, to reveal the long arc of suffering, official neglect, and the determined resistance of survivors seeking accountability.” said Balkrishan Namdev of Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha.
“Raghu Rai did not photograph a past tragedy—he showed an ongoing disaster, where he came back to Bhopal years later to document the disabilities in the children born to gas exposed parents” said Rashida Bee of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh. Rachna Dhingra of BGIA added, “His images made it impossible to separate the human suffering in Bhopal from the responsibility of Union Carbide and Dow Chemical.”
The organisations extend their heartfelt condolences to his family and all those who were moved by his work.
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