35 years later, Bhopal victims still seek justice
09 November 2021 |
12:36 pm
It's called the world’s worst industrial disaster, but the description barely captures what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal 35 years ago. In the first night, according to some estimates more than 3,000 people died. That number would soon go up to 15,000.
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