Bhopal gas tragedy: Information Print In the early

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Information Print In the early hours of December 3,1984, methylisocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from a plant owned, managed and operated by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) in the central India city of Bhopal . According to government figures, approximately 5,200 people died and several thousand other individuals suffered permanent or partial disabilities Click here to view the 2006 affidavit of the Union of India in the Supreme Court. A great deal has been written and/or ... Bhopal disaster, chemical leak in 1984 in the city of Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh state, India, during which about 45 tons of methyl isocyanate escaped from an insecticide plant. BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY RELIEF AND REHABILITATION THE TRAGEDY On a cold wintry night of December, 2nd /3rd December, 1984, when the residents of capital city of Bhopal went to their beds, they had no inkling that many of them were doing so for the last time. Not far from them in the factory of Union Carbide (India) Limited, a chemical reaction had already started to that end. At around midnight, this chemical reaction culminated in the leakage of deadly Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas from one of the ... Here is a timeline of events that followed the disaster at the plant: Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984 December 3: Toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaks from the Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal , killing more than 3,500 people according to official figures. Poison clouds engulf the area surrounding the plant.