On the night of 3 December 1984, the city of Bhopal, India, witnessed an industrial calamity of unprecedented scale when 45 tons of methyl isocyanate gas and other lethal chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant.
The toxic cloud enveloped the city, killing 2,259 people immediately, though unofficial estimates suggest the death toll may have reached as high as 16,000 over time.
Over half a million individuals suffered grievous injuries, ranging from respiratory distress to long-term neurological and physical impairments.
This catastrophe, now etched in history as one of the world's worst industrial disasters, underscored the perilous interplay of corporate negligence, insufficient safety measures, and the lack of accountability.
