Nita Bhalla
Nita Bhalla covers South Asia for AlertNet. She is based in New Delhi.
FEATURE-Sri Lanka's tsunami village triumphs after tragedy
By Nita Bhalla SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) - When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit five years ago, Sri Lanka's coastal inhabitants believed they would never recover from the misery, death and destruction that the tragedy brought. In villages and towns along the island's southeast coast,hundreds of families grieved loved ones, tens of thousands of homes, schools and local businesses were devastated and the livelihoods of poor fishing communities were lost. ...
India's farmers outsmart nature, adapt to weather shifts
Don't miss the slide show of Nita Bhalla's images from Gorakhpur GORAKHPUR, India (AlertNet) - As world leaders and top scientists in Copenhagen debate how to deal with climate change, farmers a world away in flood-prone areas of northern India are taking it into their own hands to adapt to shifts in the weather. For decades, inhabitants of India's Uttar Pradesh state have been witnessing erratic weather, including increasingly intense rainfall over short periods of time. ...
WITNESS-A derelict factory in India's Bhopal can surely harm no one?
BHOPAL, India (AlertNet) - It's not difficult to spot the site of one of the world's worst chemical disasters. Even after 25 years, the anger of those affected by the toxic gas leak which killed thousands in the Indian city of Bhopal is evident. ...
Q&A-Bhopal gas victims fight for justice 25 years on
BHOPAL, India (AlertNet) - Twenty-five years have passed since one of the world's worst industrial disasters hit the central Indian city of Bhopal, where toxic gas from a pesticide factory leaked into the air, killing thousands of people in the surrounding areas and leaving many more ill. On the silver anniversary of the tragedy, hundreds of people gathered outside the gates of the now abandoned factory demanding justice for their continuing suffering. ...
India's "factory of death" leaves toxic legacy 25 years on
BHOPAL, India (AlertNet) - It was seen as a symbol of the new emerging India -- a factory that would not only generate thousands of jobs, but manufacture cheap pesticides for millions of farmers. But the Union Carbide plant in the central city of Bhopal left a more potent legacy when it accidently released toxic gases into the air, killing thousands of people and causing many more to suffer in one of the world's worst industrial disasters. ...
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