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2009 remarks the anniversary of Bhopal Disaster. Below is excerpt taken from wikipedia;

The Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) disaster in Bhopal, Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial disaster that took place at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. At midnight on 3 December 1984, the plant accidentally released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 500,000 people to MIC and other chemicals. The first official immediate death toll was 2,259. The government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Others estimate 8,000-10,000 died within 72 hours and 25,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.

Following are selected pictures grab from Boston Big Picture.

[Picture taken on December 4, 1984] Soldiers guard the entrance of Union Carbide factory in Bhopal after a deadly poison gas leak.

Remains of the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on November 21, 2009.

Photograph from December 4, 1984 shows victims who lost their sight in the Bhopal poison gas tragedy as they sit outside the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. One of the famous picture of Bhopal Disaster.

Rusting container is seen at the Union Carbide pesticide plant, on November 21, 2009.

Riots against Dow Chemical Company outside it’s office in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Dow Chemical Co. took over Union Carbide in 2001.

Women fill containers with clean water.

The only living being sighted near the Bhopal Goverment Hospital that dedicated for Bhopal Disaster victims on November 21, 2009.

beliamuda: [1] Bhopal disaster is one of the worst industrial disaster that ever happen in mankind history. [2] Process Safety and Loss Prevention is one of the subject that I have learnt last semester as Chemical Engineering student. The toughest paper for me also. -_-“