ভূপাল দুৰ্ঘটনা: বিভিন্ন সংশোধনসমূহৰ মাজৰ পাৰ্থক্য

The '''Bhopal disaster''', also referred to as the '''Bhopal gas tragedy''', was a [[gas leak]] incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the [[Union Carbide India Limited]] (UCIL) [[pesticide]] plant in [[Bhopal]], Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered to be [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Industrial disasters|the world's worst]] [[List of industrial disasters|industrial disaster]].<ref name="MandavilliUnfolding" /><ref name="convictions">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8725140.stm|title=Bhopal trial: Eight convicted over India gas disaster |date=7 June 2010|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=7 June 2010| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607185745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8725140.stm| archivedate= 7 June 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> Over 500,000 people were exposed to [[methyl isocyanate|methyl isocyanate (MIC)]] gas. The highly toxic substance made its way into and around the small towns located near the plant.<ref name="Varma 2005">{{cite journal|last=Varma|first=Roli|author2=Daya R. Varma|title=The Bhopal Disaster of 1984|journal=Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society|volume=25|pages=37–45|year=2005|doi=10.1177/0270467604273822}}</ref>▼