Recent developments indicate a desire on the part of the government to put an end to it. A series of reports looks at these developments and the continuing presence of 9,000 tonnes of toxic waste on the premises of the plant.

People living around the Union Carbide plant site here have two options when it comes to drinking water.

Image: A Bhopal gas tragedy survivor during a protest in New Delhi| Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images