36 Years since the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, and the Indian state’s apathy still remains as strong. The government has done little to inhibit corporates from negating liabilities.

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There has been an “invisibilisation of the survivors” which has “become a strategy consistently employed by the state to sweep the enormity of the systemic failure that resulted in the Bhopal disaster, as well as that which succeeded it.”

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Gas Leaks, Industrial Disasters: Reflecting on India’s Historical

India’s handling of industrial disasters suffers from systemic apathy. To respond to the currently unfolding Visakhapatnam Gas Leak effectively and sensitively, it must reflect on and learn from its

https://www.epw.in/engage/article/gas-leaks-industrial-disasters-reflecting-indias
When ‘Operation Faith’ - a mass evacuation programme - was launched, ”it was the poor and incapacitated who faced the brunt of” the operation. As evident during the current pandemic, disasters exacerbate social inequities.

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When ‘Operation Faith’ - a mass evacuation programme - was launched, ”it was the poor and incapacitated who faced the brunt of” the operation. As evident during the current pandemic, disasters exacerbate social inequities. 3/5
When ‘Operation Faith’ - a mass evacuation programme - was launched, ”it was the poor and incapacitated who faced the brunt of” the operation. As evident during the current pandemic, disasters exacerbate social inequities. 3/5
India’s notorious ease of business policies and erosion of labour laws protecting workers rights are only serving to increase these inequities. #EndCorporateCrimes

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According to newspaper reports (as of December 2, 2020) over 100 survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy have died of the Covid-19 virus. “The mortality rate among the COVID-19 infected gas victims is 6.5 per cent.”

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Over 100 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors Died Of Covid, Says Madhya Pradesh Official

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 102 survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy since its outbreak, the Madhya Pradesh government said on Wednesday.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/over-100-bhopal-gas-tragedy-survivors-died-of-covid-says-madhya-pradesh-official-2333408
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