Published : Dec 02, 2024 13:09 IST - 14 MINS READ December 2-3, 1984. The Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s deadliest industrial disaster, exemplifies what Rob Nixon, professor of Environment and Humanities at Princeton University, calls “slow violence”—harm that unfolds gradually and invisibly, but with devastating, long-lasting effects. We committed the funds to three key objectives: first, to provide free …
The story of Bhopal gas tragedy becomes more glaring and tragic in the absence of any environmental assessment, accountability, punishment or lessons learnt The Bhopal gas leak from the factory on the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd December 1984 is estimated to have killed between 3,700 and 25,000 people and poisoned half a million. The story of Bhopal gas …
Highlights Methyl isocyanate leakage from Union Carbide on intervening night of Dec 2, 3 killed over 3K people The incident left 1.02 lakh others affected at that time whcih later rose to over 5.70 lakh On June 7, 2010, local court convicted 7 executives of UCIL to 2 years of imprisonment Thirty-seven years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, termed as …
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