Bhopal gas tragedy is one of the biggest tragedies of the country. Even today the country gets scared remembering this tragedy. But do you know that almost 40 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, its waste has not been completely removed. Today we will tell you how dangerous this waste is and what is the danger from it.
People get scared remembering Bhopal gas tragedy
Bhopal gas tragedy is one of the biggest tragedies of the country. Let us tell you that in the year 1984, during the night of 2nd and 3rd December, there was leakage of poisonous gas ‘Methyl Isocyanate’. After which there was an outcry in the entire country including Bhopal, people were losing their lives. 5,479 people died in this horrific tragedy. At the same time, more than five lakh people were suffering from health related problems and long-term disabilities.
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40 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government is now starting action to dispose of 337 metric tons (MT) of Union Carbide’s toxic waste. Let us tell you that after the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, ‘Union Carbide’ was lying in the factory. Now this waste will be destroyed in an industrial waste disposal unit at Pithampur near Indore. Let us tell you that on March 4 this year, the Central Government had allocated Rs 126 crore for garbage disposal.
How dangerous is this garbage?
Let us tell you that on the night of 2-3 December 1984, highly poisonous gas methyl isocyanate was leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory. Let us tell you that 337 tonnes of chemical waste is lying in the ‘Union Carbide’ factory, which was closed after the Bhopal gas tragedy. In simple language you can understand it like this, this chemical waste can still make Bhopal city sick. Because many chemicals are present in this waste.
Madhya Pradesh High Court has also expressed displeasure
Let us tell you that even after 40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy, the poisonous waste of ‘Union Carbide’ factory has not been disposed of. In this regard, on December 3, the state government was instructed that this waste should be sent to the designated waste disposal unit within four weeks. However, now work is being done on this and according to reports, the waste from these chemicals will be sent tonight.
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