Exactly 30 years ago the killer waves of MIC (Methyl Iso-Cyanide) gas engulfed the skies of the sleepy township of Bhopal. Many sleeping would never get up again after they breathed their last after breathing the poisonous air. A leakage in the local Union Carbide plant killed thousands and maimed many when the Knight of death visited that night. This incident popularly known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy has its consequences. The value of the Union Carbide Chief was so valuable that he was helped by the then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh to fly out of the city on his way out of the country. He couldnt have done this without the consent of his all powerful boss in Delhi, Rajeev Gandhi who barely a month ago was made the Prime minister after the aftermath of his mothers assassination. 30 years down the road the justice has been both delayed and denied. Anderson the Carbide Chief died in America not so long ago. The injured were given some compensation, many of them who became invalid for rest of their lives. And have we learned anything from history about industrial safety ? Your guess is as good as mine.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:31:06 +0000
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