This paper is published in Volume-5, Issue-3, 2019
Area
Public Administration
Author
Greema Micahel K.
Org/Univ
Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
17 June, 2019
Paper ID
V5I3-1862
Publisher
Keywords
Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984, Disaster management, Union carbide India, Madhya Pradesh, Rehabilitation

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Greema Micahel K.. Government’s preparedness for disaster management based on Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Greema Micahel K. (2019). Government’s preparedness for disaster management based on Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 5(3) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Greema Micahel K.. "Government’s preparedness for disaster management based on Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 5.3 (2019). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Disaster management is dealing with and avoiding risks. This involves emergency evacuation, disaster response, supporting and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters. During the tragedy Union Carbide India Ltd wasn’t prepared for a quick disaster management. Gas concentration in the areas ranged from 85 to 0.12ppm , people who were in deep sleep got awakened by coughing, severe eye irritation, feeling of suffocation and burning in respiratory tract. Thousands of people had died by the following morning. The problem was made worse by the plant’s location near a densely populated area, non-existent catastrophe plans, shortcomings in health care and socio-economic rehabilitation . Analysis shows that the parties responsible for the magnitude of the disaster are the two owners, Union Carbide Corporation and the Government of India and to some extent, the Government of Madhya Pradesh. From a Union Carbide factory killed a total of 16,000 people and injured half a million, Bhopal has become synonymous symbol with an absence of industrial safety measures.