Question

write a short note on bhopal gas tragedy which take place on 2nd and 3rd december 1984

Answer 1

Bopoal Gas Tragedy on the night of Decem­ber 2/3, 1984 is a sad example of human negligence which caused deadliest air pollution claiming 5,000 human lives and rendering many thousands sick and handicapped. It is due to the sudden leakage of the poisonous gas methyl is cymae (MIC) from the Union Carbide Factory at Bhopal which was stored to manufacture pesticides.  The leakage continued for 40 minutes and the poisonous gas was quickly spread in the air of nearby localities of old Bhopal under the impact of morning breeze killing thou­sands of human beings and animals.  The gas also polluted drinking water, soils and adversely affected fetus of pregnant women, newly born babies, chil­dren and old people. About 200 women delivered dead babies and about 400 babies died within a few hours of their birth. About 47 percent of the pregnant women suffered from instantaneous abortion and many preferred voluntary abortion.  According to the official figures about 10,000 people have been made permanently disabled and about 30,000 partially handicapped. About 1.5 lakh people are the victims of minor disability. Newly born babies, who could survive, have developed blue spots on their livers and are suffering from cough, asthma and eye trou­ble.

Answer 2

Answer: the world's worst industrial tragedy took place in Bhopal the union carbide or UC an American company had a factory in city which is produce pesticides at midnight on 2nd December 1984 methyl isocyanate or MIC highly poisonous gas is started leaking from the uc plant this plant are the essential safety measure in order of cut costs the number of poor working classes family nearly 50,000 people were affected so the government represented the victim in the Civil case against the uc .It field a $ 3 billions composition case in 1985 but accepted a lowly $470 million in 1989. 24 years later people are still fighting for justice drinking water for Health-care facilities and job for the people poisoned by uc. they also demanded that and that Anderson, the uc chairman who face criminal charge, be prosecuted.