Bhopal gas tragedy is a disaster of its own kind. On Sunday, December 3, 1984, the storage tank 610 located at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal started leaking gas from methyl isocyanate in huge amounts. According to the reliable sources, unskilled workers cleaned the outside of one of the storage tanks holding the lethal chemical before the occurrence of accident. Gas leakage spread speedily and killed thousands of people which were bounded by deadly poison vapors when they were sleeping. More than 8,000 people were killed in its immediate wake.

Survivor and their children are still suffering long-standing health problems such as cancer and tuberculosis, birth defects and chronic fevers. Many researches have been done in this area and results stated that mercury, nickel and other toxins are found in the local groundwater and hazardous levels of toxins including lead in the breast milk of women who live near the factory region. For any query regarding gas tragedy people may contact: Directorate of Gas Relief and Rehabilitation, Opp. Raj Bhavan Bhopal - 462003.
Telephone No: 0755-2441026. E-mail: dirgrr@mp.nic.in

The government claims to have done a lot to re-establish the victims. Due to mass devastation from gas leakage disaster and the many lives destroyed, many work centers were established in Bhopal to provide training and work for women. Activists and social reformers are continuously protesting for the rights of the victims of the Gas disaster. Four organizations - Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Bhopal Ki Aawaaz, and Bhopal Group for Information and Action led the campaign for Right to Live. Institutions in India and abroad attempted to put up a program of compensation for the victims and a framework of law and public policy to make certain that all steps are taken and awareness is generated among people to avoid any disaster of this extent in future.