In this photo, we see a limited amount of residents, since most had left the town as a whole, bundled up in makeshift refugee shelters in the Bhopal city stadium.
More about the stories of the large number of evacuees, the government response and the disaster that killed over 3000 people, and affected more than half a million, can be found in Chapter 8, India’s Environment 1984-85.
Year
Source
1984
Source Caption:
Refugee shelters at the main city stadium in Bhopal house only a few people as most of the evacuated residents fled Bhopal because they felt it was not safe to be in the city during the operation to render the remaining toxic gas harmless, Dec. 15, 1984. (AP Photo)
