Dec 3, 2023
By: Harshit SethThe Bhopal Gas Tragedy is one of the world's worst industrial disasters.
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place in the city in Madhya Pradesh on the night of December 2-3, 1984.
At least 3,787 people were killed after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson escaped punishment for a 1984 poisonous gas leak that killed thousands.
Considered one of the world's worst industrial disasters, over 5 lakh people were affected by highly toxic gas.
Leak of highly toxic gas, methyl isocyanate led to Bhopal Gas tragedy.
The report said at least 30 tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.
As per Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work: Building on 100 Years of Experience report, the Bhopal disaster was among the world's "major industrial accidents after 1919."
"I shudder in fear and tremble on December 2 nights. I saw people collapsing dead on that chilly night," Mahendrajeet Singh told PTI>
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