Industrial
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Worker operates crane at a Heavy Electrical Plant, built with Soviet support in Haridwar, India (1977)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s Hardiwar plant, was considered a backbone of India’s power sector, for it’s work in the production of turbines and generators. It was established in the late 60s, with technical support from the USSR, as was the case with a large portion of India’s nascent industrial sector. “This plant manufactures equipment as [Continue Reading]
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Evacuated residents in makeshift refugee shelters during the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal (1984)
In this photo, we see a limited amount of residents, since most had left the town as a whole, bundled up in makeshift refugee shelters in the Bhopal city stadium. More about the stories of the large number of evacuees, the government response and the disaster that killed over 3000 people, and affected more than [Continue Reading]
