Bhopal: Thirty years on, misery and questions linger in the air

By Jason Koutsoukis
Updated November 28 2014 - 7:18pm, first published 3:57pm
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Irfan Ali, whose pregnant wife died as a result of the Bhopal chemical leak, the world's worst recorded industrial disaster. He still suffers respiratory problems. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Irfan Ali, whose pregnant wife died as a result of the Bhopal chemical leak, the world's worst recorded industrial disaster. He still suffers respiratory problems. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Panna Lal, left, whose family paid a terrible price in the years following the Bhopal disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Panna Lal, left, whose family paid a terrible price in the years following the Bhopal disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
The two main structures of the derelict pesticide plant, which still have not been dismantled three decades on from the disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
The two main structures of the derelict pesticide plant, which still have not been dismantled three decades on from the disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
US firm Union Carbide, the plant's major shareholder, stands accused of neglecting safety, as it was planning to close the plant at the time of the disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
US firm Union Carbide, the plant's major shareholder, stands accused of neglecting safety, as it was planning to close the plant at the time of the disaster. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Hazara Khan, who was two at the time of the disaster, with her son Aman Age Khan, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis

Bhopal: On Wednesday survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster will commemorate 30 years since a cloud of deadly gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant and engulfed the central Indian city of Bhopal, killing thousands of people and injuring tens of thousands more.