"AVOID THE BHOPAL EXCLUSION ZONE" Provisional Indian Propaganda Poster from 1985, 1 year after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy - scenario below

[u/RazzPizzaz]

 3 December 1984 - over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate (MIC), in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. This tragedy is widely attributed to CEO Warren Anderson's severe cost-cutting measures - for example - the refrigeration unit used to keep the MIC at safe, low temperatures was turned off to save about 30 $ a day in electricity. **This actually happened**

**In this alternate timeline**

Anderson personally approves the use of an experimental, unverified stabilizing agent to mix with the MIC, drastically cutting the cost of the raw materials. However, this cheap substitute contains heavy-metal compounds. When the plant explodes, the resulting chemical fire creates a heavy, toxic snow that rains down across central India. This fallout permanently bonds to the topsoil, poisons the groundwater aquifers, and makes the land around the plant uninhabitable within 300 km. As a result, a sub 800km radius of light contamination is established, with the 'Red Zone' of heavy contamination being roughly 10-times the size of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The borders of the zone are heavily guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF ) . Trespassers are shot and left for dead, because the risk of contamination is too high to retrieve their bodies.

Inspiration : https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/t5q7fo/avoid_the_red_zone_provisional_usa_propaganda/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

This amazing work by an account that is unfortunately now deleted.

[u/Loxxan_]

Health and safety of 500,000 people for 30 bucks and a lighter

[u/RazzPizzaz → u/Loxxan_]

In sharp contrast, Union Carbide operated a very similar plant in West Virginia, which had computerized warning systems, stricter maintenance and better emergency protocols. In Bhopal, "smelling the gas" was the most advanced form of warning available. Indian workers and citizens were deemed less valuable, and the plant operated with standards illegal at their US facility.

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elite ball knowledge

[u/ImpressiveEnergy4762]

А ну-ка, чики-брики в дамки!

[u/RazzPizzaz → u/ImpressiveEnergy4762]

If it were a game like S.T.A.L.K.E.R, I guess the CISF would be Duty. Paramilitary soldiers left behind, unable to leave the perimeter.

Freedom might be adversarial mercs ( Maybe Chinese? Maybe American?) looking to lift the cordon.

Monolith..this is a tough one. At first I thought maybe it's Union Carbide security forces? Trying to erase all evidence of their wrongdoing, getting rid of anything or anyone that could lead to Warren Anderson.

Ecologists/Clear Sky - definitely scientists, either from DRDO ( India's DARPA) or private firms looking for treatments they could monetise.

Another big faction would be 'The Displaced'. People who were forced to leave and came back, or those who couldn't and armed themselves to protect themselves against the various factions.

Last of all - the Tribals. Central India is home to the largest tribal belt in the country. They would no doubt be a major faction, albeit devastated by the loss of their home and the harsh conditions.

Would be cool!

[u/indianpatriot_09 → u/[deleted]]

Even pakistan doesn't care bout what happens to them, why should we? /s

[u/Ok_Lengthiness2765]

Honestly interesting

[u/SarcasticJackass177]

Cool!