33rd Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster

Yesterday marked the 33rd anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster, a poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide fertilizer factory in Bhopal, India. Some half million people were affected by the leak. Thousands died during the event and its immediate aftermath. After 33 years, the tragedy is still unfolding:  

• The plant itself remains a toxic site that continues to contaminate the groundwater and survivors continue to suffer and to struggle for medical relief, compensation and justice

• In Bhopal, five gas disaster survivors’ organisations marched to the abandoned Union Carbide factory where a traditional burning of effigies took place.