Victims’ advocacy organizations continue to demand fair compensation and criticize the tourist use of the factory 40 years after the tragedy. Some 22,000 people have died since 1984, half a million suffer from aftereffects,

Forty years ago, the Union Carbide plant exploded in Bhopal, India, causing contamination that killed at least 20,000 people. Its health and environmental impacts persist, along with the victims' ongoing fight for justice against unaccountable corporations.

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.

Highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, killing 5,479 persons and maiming more than five lakh others in one of the world's biggest industrial disasters.

Forty years after the catastrophic gas leak at the Union Carbide factory, which claimed over 5,400 lives and injured more than half a million people, Bhopal’s once-neglected outskirts are now home to a growing number of residential colonies and commercial establishments.

Survivors march on the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, demanding justice and accountability from Union Carbide and Dow Chemical

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.

In the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing 5,479 people and maiming more than five lakh others.

The complete disposal of the toxic waste at the UCIL plant is still pending, water in the surrounding area is contaminated, and the victims' endless wait for justice continues

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.