On the Bhopal gas tragedy, we will not show you the candle-light vigils. We will show you the pictures of ground zero

 

Bhopal gas tragedy: 15 shocking photos from 1984

On the Bhopal gas tragedy, we will not show you the candle-light vigils. We will show you the pictures of ground zero, to show how colossal the catastrophe was


On the night of December 2, an industrial negligence in Bhopal led to a release of 30 tonnes of toxic methyl icocyanate(MIC)gas, exposing nearly 5 lakh people in the city to the deadly gas. A state government report said the accident caused more than 3500 deaths. And more than 8,000 died till now. 


These were not the only causalities of the accident. Families of the dead and the maimed have died a thousand deaths for the last 30 years as government couldn't bring the people responsible for the accident to justice. Last month, the former chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson,  the main accused of the tragedy, died after leading his whole life in freedom in the United States, leaving permanent questions on Indian system of justice.


Recalling the Bhopal gas tragedy, we will not show you the candle-light vigils. We will show you the pictures of ground zero, to show how colossal the catastrophe was

According to reports, even this year, there are at least 1,000 of cases where children have been born with severe birth defects since the gas tragedy. The cases of second and third generation gas victims are rising by each day

According to the activists and organisations working for the welfare of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the reason behind the birth of children with defects is due to their families' exposure to toxic chemicals that poisoned the entire area and contaminated groundwater.

Nearly, 25,000 tonne of toxic waste is lying in open at the solar evaporation pond, some 400 metres north of the Union Carbide plant

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