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Protestors Rally on the 37th Anniversary of World's Worst Industrial Disaster in which Thousands killed

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The 37th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, one of the world's worst industrial disasters in which thousands of people lost their lives on being exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other highly toxic substances, is being observed on Friday.

Every year on this day, thousands of people gather to remember those who had lost their lives in the tragedy. Protest marches and all-religion prayer meetings marked the 37th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Leak tragedy on Friday, with organizations working for the survivors alleging that successive governments have denied them justice. Organizations working for the survivors of the tragedy took out protest marches in the Old Bhopal area, where the Union Carbide factory, now defunct, stands.

In 1984 when thousands of people were killed due to the tragic gas leak from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL).Besides, in the immediate post-leak situation, more than half of the city's population complained of coughing, itchy eyes, skin, and breathing problems. Tens of thousands suffered from blindness and ulcers. While unofficial estimates put the death toll of the tragedy at 22,917 as of 2010, the figure submitted by the state government to the Supreme Court is 5,295.

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