NEET2011BotanyEnvironmental IssuesActual
Which one of the following statements is wrong in case Bhopal gas tragedy?
Options
- AThousands of human beings died
- BRadioactive fall out engulfed Bhopal
- CIt took place in the night of December 2 / 3 , 1984
- DMethyl isocyanate gas leakage took place
Correct answer
B. Radioactive fall out engulfed Bhopal
Step-by-step solution
Bhopal gas gragedy (Bhopal disaster) the world's worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of December 2 / 3,1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. A government affidavit in 2006 stat