Public Holiday: Like every year, this time also the Madhya Pradesh government has announced a local holiday in Bhopal on 3 December.
Public Holiday: People in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, will receive a public holiday on Wednesday, December 3rd. This holiday has been declared on the anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in 1984, and a local holiday is observed every year to commemorate this day.
Offices, schools, and colleges will remain closed on this day. This holiday applies only to Bhopal city. This means that offices at the district headquarters will remain closed, while offices in rural areas will remain open.
For your information, this local holiday is declared in honor of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, which is considered the world’s worst tragedy in history.
The incident occurred on the night of December 2-3.
The city of Bhopal experienced one of the world’s worst industrial accidents on the night of December 2-3, 1984. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was an industrial disaster that affected millions of people. Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, on the night of December 2-3. Exposure to this toxic gas affected millions of people, and approximately 3,800 died instantly.
