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  1. 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 plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

  2. Sep 10, 2024 · The gas drifted over the densely populated neighbourhoods around the plant, killing thousands of people immediately and creating a panic as tens of thousands of others attempted to flee Bhopal. The final death toll was estimated to be between 15,000 and 20,000.

  3. Oct 10, 2022 · About 5 lakh people were affected in the Bhopal gas tragedy. Locals still say that thousands of people died within 1 hour. Those who slept at night could not see the morning of the next day. There was only screaming everywhere. It has been 36 years since the Bhopal gas tragedy.

  4. Dec 3, 2019 · For nearly 200,000 people, a quarter of the city’s population, Bhopal became a gas chamber. If it were not for the two lakes of Bhopal which came in the way of the gas cloud and neutralised it, an even bigger tragedy could have taken place.

  5. The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial accident. It happened at a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh , India . On the night of 2-3 December 1984, the plant released approximately 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas .

  6. Dec 2, 2014 · In the central Indian city of Bhopal, a chemical reaction at a pesticide factory released 42 tons of methyl isocyanate, better known as MIC. In one night between 3,000 and 10,000 lives were lost. MIC is one of the deadliest substances used in the chemical industry.

  7. Mar 14, 2023 · Late on the night of December 2, 1984, people dwelling in the slums adjacent to the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, woke up to the foul smell of boiled cabbage. It was the first indicator that a highly toxic gas -- methyl isocyanate (MIC) – was leaking from the plant.

  8. Dec 2, 2023 · The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was an industrial accident that occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984, at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,...

  9. Apr 25, 2017 · On the night of December 2 and 3, 1984, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals leaked from a pesticide plant located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered to be the worst industrial disaster of all time.

  10. Dec 3, 2014 · Bhopal: The deadly gas that enveloped an Indian city. In one of the worst industrial disasters in modern history, thousands of people in the Indian city of Bhopal were killed by a leak from a ...