Was the location of industry responsible for the bhopal gas tragedy?
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What was the reason behind the Bhopal gas tragedy?
Originally Answered: What is the exact story behind the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
It was the night of 2nd december 1984 , this tragedy happened in which nearly 20k died and more than 2,00,000 injured and it happened in union carbide factory in Bhopal where chemicals and fertilizers are manufactured..The main reason for the incident is, large amount of water nearly some gallons mixed with liquid nitrogen which resulted in the formation of very hot solution and due to this the temperature and pressure inside the tank raised and by that to reduce the pressure , valves opened and resulting in gas leakage and it is highly poisonous.
There are two pipes that are connected to the tank of which one supplies nitrogen and the other water , and here human error took place , Instead of nitrogen , water is supplied to the tank and resulted the above.
There are many ways to stop the damage like and we know any biggest tragedy will not happen because of single reason and here are some other reasons
a refrigerator is installed in plant to avoid these situations but unfortunately it is stopped working from last 6 months (before the incident) and no one repaired it.
A tunnel , which is used to evaporate the leaked gas before it goes into the atmosphere also failed
and there are two other means which are also failed on that day (i don't remember them exactly) and if any one of them worked the damage would have reduced if not completely avoidable.
The other unfortunate thing is nearly 2 months befor a message has been issued to USA branch of this company which warned them that these kind of accidents can happen asked them to take some preventive measures , but no such thing is forwarded by indian government .
Hope it helps and clears your query.