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Na$onal Pollu$on Preven$on Day • The Na$onal Pollu$on Control Day is celebrated every
year on 2nd of December in India • This is done in order to give the honor and memorialize
the thousands of human beings who had lost their existence because of the Bhopal gas calamity.
• There are many efforts taken by the government by making the pollu$on controlling Policy.
World Computer Literacy Day • It was started in the year 2001. • It aims to increase the access to the informa$on technology and the digital world for the disadvantaged communi$es.
• From the Internet and mobile phones to TV and radio, the rise of informa$on and communica$on technologies (ICTs) is said to be crea$ng a ‘Global Village’.
Bhopal Gas Tragedy • The Bhopal disaster (Bhopal gas tragedy),
was a gas leak incident in India. It is considered as the world's worst industrial disaster.
• It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at The Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) a pes$cide plant in Bhopal,(M.P)
• Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals.
• The toxic substance made its way in and around the shanty towns located near the plant.
Bhopal Gas Tragedy (contd…) • Many were killed at the blast site and within 2 weeks
many more were killed because of the gas leak and gas related disease.
• A government affidavit in 2006 stated that the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary par$al injuries and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.
Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Contd…) • There were retalia$ons from the angry crown to
punish the culprit to give jus$ce to the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
• It just doesn’t stop here, 30 years have passed since that horrid incident, but the effects s$ll linger
Celebri$es who share their birthdays today are:
Boman Irani (1959)
Nagi Reddy (1912) Apurva Agnihotri (1972)
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