In the intervening hours of December 2 and December 3 1984, poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbine chemical plant on the outskirts of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, instantly killing thousands and maiming lakhs of others.

Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through the Indian city of Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born, gasping for every breath.

Even now, children carry the pain and suffering of their parents’ lived tragedy, sometimes their grandparents’

Survivors detail the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster, their decades-long battle for compensation, and ongoing efforts to help victims spanning three generations

BHOPAL: Forty years after thousands of people died due to the killer gas leak at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, the city’s po

Even after 40 years, neither Union Carbide nor its employees have faced any real consequences for their role in the disaster. Survivors and families of the dead are still fighting for proper compensation. Worse, the toxic effects of the gas continue to poison successive generations.

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy has taught the world valuable lessons in industrial safety and environmental protection. The disaster serves as a grim reminder for enforcing stringent industrial regulations, recalls Vanita Srivastava at the occasion of the 40th anniversary of world's worst industrial disaster.