page_title: Bhopal disaster
section_title: Activist organisations
hierarchical_section_title: Bhopal disaster / Activism / Activist organisations
caption_attribution_description: Bhopal Sambhavna Trust 05
context_page_description: The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered among the world's worst industrial disasters. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas. The highly toxic substance made its way into and around the small towns located near the plant.
  Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259. In 2008, the Government of Madhya Pradesh had paid compensation to the family members of 3,787 victims killed in the gas release, and to 574,366 injured victims. A government affidavit in 2006 stated that the leak caused 558,125 injuries, including 38,478 temporary partial injuries and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries. Others estimate that 8,000 died within two weeks, and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases. The cause of the disaster remains under debate.
context_section_description: At least 14 different NGOs were immediately engaged. The first disaster reports were published by activist organisations, Eklavya and the Delhi Science Forum.
  Around ten local organisations, engaged on long term, have been identified. Two of the most active organisations are the women's organisations—Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila-Stationery Karmachari Sangh and Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan.
  More than 15 national organisations have been engaged along with a number of international organisations.
  Some of the organisations are:
  International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB), coordinates international activities
  Bhopal Medical Appeal, collects funds for the Sambhavna Trust
  Sambhavna Trust or Bhopal People's Health and Documentation Clinic. Provides medical care for gas affected patients and those living in water-contaminated area
  Chingari Trust, provides medical care for children being born in Bhopal with malformations and brain damages
  Students for Bhopal, based in the United States
  International Medical Commission on Bhopal, provided medical information 1994–2000
caption: Bhopal People's Health and Documentation Clinic
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