Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Forty Years of Struggle for Justice—Part 3
Soon after the disaster, several concerned lawyers arrived in Bhopal to provide legal assistance to the gas victims. Many ‘ambulance chasers’ also swooped
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Candlelight Vigil Marks 40th Anniversary
On the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, members of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic, providing free medical care to survivors, on Monday night paid homage to victims by holding a candlelight vigil near the now defunct Union Carbide factory in the city.
40 Years Later, The Pain Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Lingers
Highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, killing 5,479 persons and maiming more than five lakh others in one of the world's biggest industrial disasters.
Bhopal gas tragedy: Four decades on, diaster site now sees real estate boom amidst lingering contamination
Forty years after the catastrophic gas leak at the Union Carbide factory, which claimed over 5,400 lives and injured more than half a million people, Bhopal’s once-neglected outskirts are now home to a growing number of residential colonies and commercial establishments.
4 decades on and 28 judges later, justice eludes Bhopal gas tragedy victims
Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, its victims have failed to get justice with the case witnessing a protracted trial that saw 19 judges presiding over the matter for nearly a quarter of a century,
Bhopal gas tragedy: MP CM pays tribute to victims, says ‘he was in city that fateful night’
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav paid tributes to the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy on the occasion of its 40th anniversary on Tuesday.
Vishwas Sarang, Mayor pay tribute to gas victims
The Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare and Bhopal (Narela) legislator, Vishwas Kailash Sarang paid a candlelight tribute to gas victims on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy on Monday.
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Forty years on from the Bhopal disaster what lessons have been learnt?
The disaster did not come as a bolt from the blue. Between 1982 and 1984 a local journalist from Bhopal, Rajkumar Keswani, ...
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The World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster Exposed 500,000 People to Toxic Gas and Claimed Thousands of Lives
A web of technical failures, human errors and corporate malpractice in Bhopal, India, culminated in an unthinkable tragedy on ...
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Fighting for justice, 40 years past midnight in Bhopal
Organisations representing survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Tuesday took out a protest march to mark the 40th anniversary of one the biggest industrial disasters in the world and demanded an end ...
Canadian family remains haunted by Bhopal, India, gas disaster 40 years later
Saroj Bhattacharjee, 81, calls it the “biggest trauma” of his life. The Edmonton man was a maintenance engineer at Union ...
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40 Years After Massive Bhopal Disaster, Bay Area Art Project Seeks Justice
A San Francisco street mural commemorates the 40th anniversary of the gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India, that killed ...
In pictures: 40 years since world's deadliest gas leak killed thousands in India
In 1984, a poisonous gas leaked in the middle of the night from a pesticide factory in central India, killing thousands ...
40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, Union Carbide’s toxic waste yet to be removed
Toxic waste from Bhopal gas tragedy remains unaddressed, posing health risks; government fails to act despite court orders.
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UN Experts Urge Action on Bhopal Disaster's Legacy, 40 Years After Tragedy
On the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, United Nations experts have emphasized that the catastrophic industrial ...