In 1970 UCIL built a pesticide plant in Bhopal , India , which gained worldwide attention as a result of the Bhopal disaster . On 3 December 1984 , a release of methyl isocyanate ( MIC ) gas immediately killed about three thousand people and led to the death of more than fifteen thousand in subsequent weeks and months . The death rate is currently about 2 or 3 people per week . At the time of the disaster , UCIL was ranked twenty-first in size among companies operating in India . It had revenues of Rs 2 billion ( then equivalent to US$ 170 million ) . In November 1994 , UCC completed the sale of its interest in UCIL to McLeod Russel of Calcutta . UCIL was subsequently renamed Eveready Industries India
Bhopal disaster
Bhopal disaster
Union Carbide India Limited