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40 Years On: 'My family survived the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, but the night still haunts me'
From Left to Right: 1984 file photo, two men carry to a hospital children blinded by the Union Carbide chemical pesticide leak in Bhopal, India (AAP/Sondeep Shankar), Melbourne-based Dr Amit Zutshi when he lived in Bhopal near the factory and forgeround: Dr Amit Zutshi (Both images supplied by owner)
In 1984, a catastrophic gas leak, now known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, shook the world. Four decades later, efforts to remove the toxic waste from the site have finally begun. On that harrowing night, Dr Amit Zutshi, now based in Melbourne, was sleeping near the factory in Bhopal with his family. In a conversation with Itee Dewan, he recounts his memories of that fateful night.
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