%0 Journal Article %1 Bisarya:2005 %A Bisarya, R.K. %A Puri, Swaraj %B Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference on Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its Effects on Process Safety %D 2005 %J Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries %K Bhopal Handling MIC Methyl Union carbide emergency, gas isocyanate, of response, tragedy, %N 4-6 %P 209--212 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2005.07.006 %T The Bhopal gas tragedy--A perspective %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TGH-4H21R3C-1/2/922a6ed2ebad15a178dea4a26daa0683 %V 18 %X We, the then Mayor and Chief of Police of Bhopal, were the two people on whom the responsibility of handling the world's worst industrial disaster fell unceremoniously on the cold night of December 2-3, 1984 when 41 tons of MIC gas was released from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. With the company initially in denial mode about the release and then calling it a `tear-gas' type and providing no information on antidote, and with the limited means of evacuation, handling of medical emergency affecting hundreds of thousand, identification and disposal of the thousands of dead, it was probably the most challenging task faced by a duo in peace time. The local people, the medical community, the railway staff, the NGOs, were all very helpful. We narrate the happening and the handling of the consequences and the spot decisions that had to be made with the hope that no such accident happens anywhere.

@article{Bisarya:2005, abstract = {We, the then Mayor and Chief of Police of Bhopal, were the two people on whom the responsibility of handling the world's worst industrial disaster fell unceremoniously on the cold night of December 2-3, 1984 when 41 tons of MIC gas was released from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. With the company initially in denial mode about the release and then calling it a `tear-gas' type and providing no information on antidote, and with the limited means of evacuation, handling of medical emergency affecting hundreds of thousand, identification and disposal of the thousands of dead, it was probably the most challenging task faced by a duo in peace time. The local people, the medical community, the railway staff, the NGOs, were all very helpful. We narrate the happening and the handling of the consequences and the spot decisions that had to be made with the hope that no such accident happens anywhere.}, added-at = {2010-01-05T23:12:10.000+0100}, author = {Bisarya, R.K. and Puri, Swaraj}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23529059274fba1f75c843eb26346b8a4/sjp}, booktitle = {Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference on Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its Effects on Process Safety}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2005.07.006}, interhash = {0c8324f023d738d58b871ca23d7e4616}, intrahash = {3529059274fba1f75c843eb26346b8a4}, journal = {Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries}, keywords = {Bhopal Handling MIC Methyl Union carbide emergency, gas isocyanate, of response, tragedy,}, number = {4-6}, pages = {209--212}, timestamp = {2010-01-19T17:39:44.000+0100}, title = {The Bhopal gas tragedy--A perspective}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TGH-4H21R3C-1/2/922a6ed2ebad15a178dea4a26daa0683}, volume = 18, year = 2005 }