Saroj Bhattacharjee calls it the “biggest trauma” of his life. The 81-year-old Edmonton man was a maintenance engineer at Union Carbide in Bhopal in central India in 1984 when the toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank on Dec.

Forty years ago, on the intervening night of December 2-3, a terrible tragedy struck Bhopal as highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from American company Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in the city.

Four decades after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, victims still await justice as the case languishes in a prolonged legal battle with 28 judges and inadequate sentences.

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.

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.

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors, suffering from chronic ailments like cancer and kidney failure, received inadequate compensation of Rs 25,000 despite en

The Bhopal gas tragedy, which occurred 40 years ago, continues to impact survivors and their descendants with chronic health issues like cancer and lung diseases. Studies reveal that children born to survivors often have congenital disabilities,

What is a dark night? For the people of Bhopal, it was a moment when life itself turned into a nightmare. On the night of December 2-3, 1984, death swept through the city like a silent storm, leaving behind screams and pain.