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Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA) is a local organization that was formed by Satinath Sarangi shortly after the disaster to provide the survivors with medical and legal help. For one year they released an English-language newsletter informally titled "Bh?pal," providing updates about the medical effects of the disater, legal cases and settlement issues, and other relevant topics to those outside Bhopal. These newsletters provide key insights into the frustrations and injustices the survivors faced immediately after the disaster.

Excerpt from Issue One:

      "For the victims of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the trauma is far from over. The nature of their pain has, however, undergone a transformation -- the shock generated by the intense ferocity of the gas leak has gradually metamorphosed into a throbbing, chronic pain. In the absence of an adaquate and effective programme of healthcare and rehabilitation, the disaster continues."

The titles below refer to the front page story of each issue. Each newsletter is between eight and fourteen pages.

Issue One (PDF File)

June 1986: "Information and Action"

Issue Two (PDF File)

July 1986: "The Deaths Continue"

Issue Three (PDF File)

August 1986: "And now the rain is after them"

Issue Four (PDF File)

September 1986: "BGIA Office Raided; Documents and Papers Seized"

Issue Five (PDF File)

October 1986: "Durgabai Speaks"

Issue Six/Seven (PDF File)

November & December 1986: "We Will Never Forget" (2nd Anniversary)

Issue Eight/Nine (PDF File)

January & February 1987: "Anganwadis" (Child-centers)

Issue Ten/Eleven (PDF File)

April & May 1987: "Worksheds as Garbage Dumps"

Last Issue (PDF File)

December 1987: "We Will Never Forget" (3rd Anniversary)