The visuals and details of gas leak in Visakhapatnam on Thursday are eerily similar to what the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy went through in 1984 New Delhi: When Bhopal resident Rasheeda Bee woke up on Thursday morning and saw the news of the gas leak in Visakhapatnam, it brought back painful memories.
On the night of 3 December 1984, Bee fled home when poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal. “In every way, it reminds me of what we went through 35 years ago," says Bee, 65.
She’s aware the gas is not the same—styrene leaked from the LG Polymers in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam, around 3am on 7 May—but says the scenes have triggered painful memories. “From what I’m seeing, people