Tributes, protest mark 37th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy
The Hindu
Several religious leaders offered prayers to the departed souls and observed a two-minute silence in remembrance of the victims at Barkatullah Bhawan
Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel led the State in paying tributes to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, termed as the world's worst industrial disaster, on its 37th anniversary here on Friday.
Mr Patel and several religious leaders offered prayers to the departed souls and observed a two-minute silence in remembrance of the victims at Barkatullah Bhawan here.
The leak of methyl isocyanate, a toxic gas, from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, had killed over 3,000 people and left 1.02 lakh others affected at that time.
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