The survivors of Bhopal Gas Tragedy share their plight remembering the horrific incident

On the 35th year after the tragic Bhopal Gas Tragedy, people share their most horrific memories of the day.  Take a look at the stories that talk about their plight.

It has been over 3 decades since one of the most horrific incidents took place in the history of our country. Thousands lost their lives in the tragic accident in Bhopal where people woke up in the middle of the night to witness death. The city turned into a gas chamber as a gas leak happened in the city of Bhopal when Methyl Isocyanate spilt out from The Union Carbide Factory (Pesticide). While many choked to death, some suffer even today. Today marks the 35th year of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, here's taking a look at some of the survivors who are a living example of the after-effects of the tragedy.

 Here are some real-life stories from the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy:

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Part of Photo Story ‘Disabled Children of Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984’. Through this photo series I do not intend to evoke pain in you but I intend to show the courage and affection families have for their children given their difficult circumstances. Every parent or guardian I met accepted their situation, their children and all that they are going through. They simply say ‘it is in our destiny and we will live through it as well as we can’. However parents worry what will happen to their ‘disabled’ children after they are gone and the thought of their ‘disabled’ children dying in front of them makes them unhappy. They can't control these things. However their anger hasn't subsided in 35 years since Bhopal gas tragedy happened. This pictorial presentation intends to give a voice to those children and their families who have suffered gravely due to corporate and governmental greed. It acts as a reminder to all of us that we need to be vigilant and aware of decisions made by corporations and governmental bodies that impact our lives and land for generations. We cannot allow another disaster to occur. The combination of poisoned ground water and toxic gas has left Bhopal with three generations of people suffering from diseases and disabilities caused by the gas leak and chemical waste. Will you let them become The forgotten children of Union Carbide’s poison? Photo Caption - Rajni, 21, suffers with multiple disabilities causing her behavior to display shyness and anger. Her neighbours often scorn her because of her anger and sometimes they even hit back at her. Story link in bio. Supported by @pulitzercenter #pulitzer #nytopinion #bhopalgastragedy #dowdupont #disaster #photojournalism #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photography #nyt #washingtonpost #everydayeverywhere #asia #india #people #life #natgeo #photooftheday #instagood #disability#instagram #creativeimagemagazine

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’World Sight Day' - Sixteen years old Akash, is sightless by one eye and partially sighted by other, do the colouring at a special school of Chingari Trust, in Bhopal, India. Akash is affected by toxic gas methylisocyanate (MIC) one of the most toxic gasses we have, then and now, spewed from the factory owned by the US chemical giant Union Carbide (UCC) in 1984 in Bhopal, India. Gas tragedy wasn't enough, in addition there was badly contaminated groundwater caused by Union Carbide's chemical waste. This made the situation worse for people here. Still children are being born with a range of disabilities apparently not seen anywhere else in India. Cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy (MD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Down syndrome, blindness, learning difficulties and growth retardation are common and many of the children, by now young adults, have multiple conditions. TODAY, the combination of poisoned ground water and toxic gas have left Bhopal with three generations of people suffering from diseases and disabilities caused by the gas leak and chemical waste. Will you let them become The forgotten children of Union Carbide’s poison? I met Akash in December 2018. #photoforacause #photographyforactivism #worldsightday #bhopalgastragedy #dowdupont #unioncarbide #yourshotphotographer #natgeo #reportagespotlight #creativeimagemagazine #p3top #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #everydayindia #instagram #children #blindness #specialschool #storiesofindia #india #photooftheday #documentaryphotography #pulitzercenter #bbcnews #reuters

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We Awarded The Goldman Environmental Prize In 2004, together with Rashida Bee. We both have struggled for justice for those who survived the 1984 Bhopal disaster, when 20,000 people were killed, and organized campaigns and trials against the responsible company and its owners #GoldmenPrize30 #environmental #prize #2004 #environment #bhopal #bhopalgastragedy #justice

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A Bhopal story. This is Zaed, a young boy victim of the second poisoning of Bhopal (water and soil pollution after the 1984 chemical disaster). I've talked a long time with him and with his mother before shooting. I've managed to talk him into getting his mother involved in the portrait. Credits: @roberto.tomelleri . . . #one_shot_ #main_vision #bhopaldisaster #bhopalgastragedy #bhopal_igers #indiasociety #india_gram #india_everyday #incredibleindiaofficial #dontburybhopal #unioncarbide #reportagespotlight #indiatravelgram #india_ig #india_clicks #india_igers #apfmagazinesreetphotography #ic_humans #photocollection #photag_it #yourshotindia #desi_diaries #indiastory #lenculture #dailylife #everydayeverywhere #storyofindia #creativeimagemagazine #magnumphotos #inspiroindia

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On the midnight of December 2nd-3rd, 1984–gas leaked from the factory and unleashed menthyl-iso-cyanate poison into air and water in an industrial disaster that would eventually kill over 30,000 people and many hundreds of thousands more. It was estimated within the first 24 hours, some 3,000 people were killed. Hospitals could barely cope with the survivors. Gravediggers had to work through the night and multiple people were buried to a grave. Twenty-five years on, Bhopal’s population has tripled to 1 million people but scars remained. In the world’s largest democracy, the government is holding most of the money, half a billion dollars paid in compensation is still sitting in the bank. Following the vehicles that were taking the dead to be cremated and buried, Pablo Bartholomew of Gamma saw the body of a child in photograph above, with eyes glazed, milky-white and staring up at him. His subsequent image became an icon of grief and greed in the face of industrial disaster, winning the World Press Photo of the Year for 1984. Via world press photo.

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#Repost @ptiphotos with @get_repost ・・・ Photos by @rohitjain217 . Story by @fatgrizzly . Thirty-four years after thousands of lives were snuffed out at an instant on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, the Bhopal gas tragedy continues to cast a shadow over the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster. . Rohit Jain, a Delhi based documentary photographer, has captured the grim pictures of disabled children and young adults in a photo project titled ‘Children disabilities:A forgotten case of Union Carbide’. A close look at the lives of the second and third generation of the victims, who continue to inhabit the area around the Union Carbide India Limited plant from where the venomous gas leaked on a fateful night, shows that while the disaster may have faded from popular memory, its repercussions continue to haunt the survivors. #ptiphotos . #bhopal #bhopalgastragedy #unioncarbideplant #gasleak #survivors #pesticideplant #disabilities #children #peopleofindia #photostory #photojournalism #everydayeverywhere #everydayindia

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Our hearts go out to all those who were affected  by the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.