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Business News/ Photos / 30 years after Bhopal gas tragedy

30 years after Bhopal gas tragedy

On the intervening night of 2-3 December, 1984, a poisonous gas called methyl isocyanate leaked from a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide India Ltd in Bhopal, turning the city into a gas chamber. The aftermath of one of the world's worst industrial accidents in images.

Burial of an unknown child in Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. Photo: Raghu Rai.

1/10Burial of an unknown child in Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. Photo: Raghu Rai.

Mass funeral pyres burn even as dead bodies pile up after the accident. Courtesy: India Today

2/10Mass funeral pyres burn even as dead bodies pile up after the accident. Courtesy: India Today

Carcasses of cattle being removed from the streets. Courtesy: India Today

3/10Carcasses of cattle being removed from the streets. Courtesy: India Today

A grieving relative of a victim. Courtesy: India Today

4/10A grieving relative of a victim. Courtesy: India Today

The Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984. Photo: PTI

5/10The Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984. Photo: PTI

The rusting of the Union Carbide plant in 2009. Photo: Mint

6/10The rusting of the Union Carbide plant in 2009. Photo: Mint

An outside view of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984. Courtesy: India Today

7/10An outside view of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984. Courtesy: India Today

A damaged wall of the Union Carbide compound in 2009. Photo: Mint

8/10A damaged wall of the Union Carbide compound in 2009. Photo: Mint

The decaying structure of the Union Carbide compound in 2009. Photo: Mint

9/10The decaying structure of the Union Carbide compound in 2009. Photo: Mint

A painting that depicts the disaster, at the Sambhavna Trust in Bhopal. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

10/10A painting that depicts the disaster, at the Sambhavna Trust in Bhopal. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

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