Union Carbide Factory (site) (Bhopal)

India / Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal / Berasia Road
 ruins, abandoned / shut down, disaster site, dangerous place / area
This is the place where world's worst chemical disaster took place on the intervening night of December 2-3 1984.
The Union Carbide factory, Bhopal began manufacturing pesticides in 1969. Although built on the outskirts of the old city, the factory was positioned close to established working class settlements, taking advantage of the Bhopal-Ujain rail line for transportation. Despite the sizeable communities living around it’s periphery, between 1977 and 1984 the Carbide factory was licensed by the M.P. Government to manufacture phosgene, monomethlyamine, methyl isocyanate (MIC) and the pesticide Carbaryl, also known as Sevin.

Following the gas disaster of December 3rd 1984, the plant ceased normal operations. However, until 14th August 1998, Union Carbide India Ltd. had 40 operators on the site involved in management, disassembling and waste disposal. Subsequently, the site was abandoned by the company and came into possession of the Madhya Pradesh state government: remaining warehouses, management buildings, chemical units, chemical waste and all. Today more than 20,000 people live in close proximity to the factory site.

A few subsequent articles:
"The Bhopal disaster and its aftermath: a review": www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142333/
"The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding": www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   23°16'50"N   77°24'36"E

Comments

  • Bhopal Gas Tragedy:-> Date : December 03, 1984 Day : Monday Time : 01.00 AM local time Gas : More than 27 tons of deadly Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) Location : Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, State Capital of Madhya Pradesh Death Count : 8000 humans and several thousand animals Since then, more than 20,000 deaths have been attributed to the disaster How is this tragedy different : This is a Man made disaster, and is described as The "Hiroshima of the Chemical Industry" Survivors and their children continue to suffer long-term health effects ranging from cancer and tuberculosis to birth defects and chronic fevers. Multiple studies have found mercury, nickel and other toxins in the local groundwater and dangerous levels of toxins including lead in the breast milk of women who live near the factory zone . Tanveer
  • Writing with dim hands thinking of that tragedy my hands start shivring even though i had not taken birth at that time, neither in bhopal but read about that massacare, only one thing is in mind ,kya aaj humara bhavishya safe hai , aj kitni hazaro factories hai jo isi tarah k chemicals ko use kr rhi hai aur koi safety norms follow ni krta , companies hara jagah invest krti hai but saftey norms pr hi kanjusi kyu dikhati hai inko chek krne wale gvt dep ki sabse badi chook hai aur aise bade hadse ko fir se dohrane k liye atur hai log jo chandpaiso k liye apna iman bechte hai har roj, apni nam akho se un masoom zindagio ko naman krta hu aur in govt ne kya seekha aur kitna tayar hai aise hadso ko rokne kliye yea wakt btai ga, ane wale dino me drinking water ki crisis hogi under ground water me badi companies zeher ghol rhi hai bore kr k pani ko ander dump krte hai taki dikhaya ja sake k production nill hai aur pollution control board ko tax na dena pade, yea kadwa sach hai ...sry agar kuch galat bol gaya main to, aditya