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The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 remains the world’s biggest
industrial disaster. The leakage of 42 tons of lethal methyl
isocyanate by the Union Carbide plant on the night of 2nd December
and early morning of 3rd, exposed 528,125 people, immediately
killing 2,259. More than 25,000 have died since from the after-
effects of that exposure.
The photographs shot at the now sealed Union Carbide Plant, portray
an eerie emptiness - comparable to the Nazi gas chambers of
Auschwitz. However, unlike Auschwitz, the perpetrators of this crime
continue to walk free. The victims, largely poor people, continue to
be denied fair compensation, adequate health care or legal
redressal. The toxic contents of the sealed chemical plant also
continue to poison the soil, air and water of its surrounding areas.
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