Bhopal
City in India
Bhopal is a city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It's one of India’s greenest cities. There are two main lakes, the Upper Lake and the Lower Lake. On the banks of the Upper Lake is Van Vihar National Park, home to tigers, lions and...
Area: 178.8 mi˛
Avg. high temperature: 31.7 °C (89.1 °F)
Demonym: Bhopali
Elevation: 518.73 m (1,701.87 ft)
GDP Nominal (Bhopal District): ₹44,175 crore (US$5.3 billion) (2020–21)
HDI (2016): 0.77 (High)
Literacy Rate (2011): 80.37%
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The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide ...
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7 days ago ˇ Bhopal disaster, chemical leak in 1984 in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state, India. At the time, it was called the worst industrial accident in history.
Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division.
May 10, 2005 ˇ The disaster demonstrated that seemingly local problems of industrial hazards and toxic contamination are often tied to global market dynamics.
Dec 2, 2014 ˇ An accident at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released at least 30 tons of a highly toxic gas called methyl isocyanate, as well as a ...
On the night of 2nd December 1984 over 35 tons of toxic gases leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal owned by the US based multinational Union Carbide ...
Dec 8, 2019 ˇ The Union Carbide factory explosion remains the world's worst industrial accident – but as its dreadful legacy becomes increasingly apparent ...
Bhopal is frequently referred to as the world's worst industrial disaster. The leak followed a period of reduced maintenance and neglect of safety systems at ...
Jun 15, 2023 ˇ The cloud of poisonous gas that leaked from a rusting chemical plant in 1984 still blights the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Indian city
It was an industrial disaster without parallel in history. Victims arrived at hospitals blind and with breathing problems. Doctors did their best to manage them ...
