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Lest we forget..
35 years ago, the epic disaster took place on the night of 2-3 Dec, 1984, in the Union Carbide plant. Over 25000 people died and thousands left deformed. Kids are still being born with twisted limbs and other physical and mental deformities.
Warren Anderson, the then Chairman of Union Carbide, landed in India on 7th December to take stock of the situation. He was arrested at the airport but within hours of his arrest, he was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs25000 and he left India never to return.
Arjun Singh in his autobiography has written that he had received a call to release Anderson. This has been attributed to a quid pro quo by Rajiv Gandhi to secure freedom of his childhood friend's son Adil Shahryar, who was in a US jail.
Anderson died at the age of 92 in 2014 but those hapless souls, whose world tumbled on that fateful night, are still battling for compensation, their misery is still ongoing.
Anderson was allowed to escape with the abetment of the highest authority in power at that time.
I can only recall those past horrors and get a cathartic release by writing about them, but posterity will not be so forgiving.
Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the world. Never forget the people responsible for it.
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Government of India owned 25% or more of Union Carbide India Ltd through PSU banks and (macabre irony) LIC. Indian shareholders had another 24% or so. UCC, US held just less than 51%. There were GoI appointed directors on UCIL board. 1/n #BhopalGasTragedy
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35 Yrs of the notorious #BhopalGasTragedy, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the world, yet, it did not leave any significant imprint on our national memory.
We must never forget the people responsible for the disaster, as well as the cover-up.
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Worse, it remained just a story of poor people, and the focus of the survivors and the activists have been mainly on the compensation. Issues such as health, justice, environment, and safety standards had never been raised.
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