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The Madhya Pradesh Government is readying to physique a memorial for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal state tragedy connected the tract of the defunct Union Carbide factory, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
“The chemic discarded laic determination for astir 40 years. Under the guidance of the High Court, our authorities successfully disposed of the chemic discarded without immoderate biology harm oregon quality loss. Taking each sections of nine and affected stakeholders into confidence, and nether the guidance of the High Court, we volition present proceed to physique a memorial for those who died successful the Bhopal state calamity connected these now-cleaned premises, Mr. Yadav said during a sojourn to the abandoned field of the mill successful Bhopal’s Arif Nagar area.
Away from the edge: On discarded disposal from the 1984 Bhopal works accident
The Bhopal gas tragedy, connected the nighttime of December 2 and 3, 1984, killed 5,479 radical aft highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide unit. Government estimates accidental the tragedy also caused superior wellness implications and disabilities among much than 5 lakh radical implicit the years.
During the visit, Mr. Yadav held discussions with elder officials regarding the improvement of the projected memorial.
‘Congress helped Anderson’
The Chief Minister besides criticised Congress person Rahul Gandhi, who was visiting victims of the Indore h2o contamination and diarrhoea outbreak connected the aforesaid day, accusing erstwhile Congress governments of abandoning the victims of the state tragedy. He further alleged that the Congress “helped” Warren Anderson, the past CEO of Union Carbide India Ltd., to flight the country.
“The Congress not lone near radical present to die, but committed an adjacent greater misdeed by helping Anderson, the proprietor of Union Carbide, escape. Leaders of the Congress played a large relation successful facilitating his escape. Rahul Gandhi should apologise for that signifier of governance erstwhile his ain grandma and begetter were successful powerfulness and responsible,” Mr. Yadav said.
About 358 tonnes of toxic chemic discarded from the Union Carbide mill tract were incinerated astatine a backstage discarded attraction installation successful Dhar district’s Pithampur successful 2025, adjacent arsenic section residents protested against the move.
