Mohan Holds Discussion With Shah To Give A Push To Union Carbide Tragedy Memorial Project

Sources in the chief minister’s office (CMO) said Mr. Yadav, during a meeting with Mr. Shah in Delhi on Saturday, outlined the state government’s plan to build a memorial by redeveloping the 87-acre site.

Inspired by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Memorial, the proposed Rs 1,200-crore project will include a memorial wall, museum and preserved factory structures following the recent safe disposal of hazardous waste.

A community-curated museum has been proposed at the site, featuring artifacts, oral histories, and photographs of survivors and activists, serving as the main commemoration site of the 1984 disaster.

The state government has prepared a plan to develop the site into the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Memorial along with a Science Park, a convention Centre, a modern laboratory dedicated to national security and a national research Center focused on development, officials said.

Sources said the Mohan Yadav government will take confidence in all stakeholders while planning the project.

The former Union Carbide factory site is fenced.

However, sources said that a large part of the site is now occupied and the government is taking steps to free the encroachment before starting redevelopment of the site.

The leakage of highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide plant here on the night of December two-three, 1984, had unofficially led to the death of over 15,000 people and maimed over one lakh.

However, the official death toll was just over 5,000.

This is considered the world’s worst industrial tragedy ever.