National Pollution Control Day

December 4, 2023

The National Pollution Control Day or National Pollution Prevention Day is observed on December 2 every year in India.
The objective of the day is to raise awareness about the different measures to control pollution and the prevention of industrial disasters.
National Pollution Control Day is especially observed in the memory of people who died in the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984.
- Regarded as one of the worst industrial environmental catastrophes in the history of India, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, when a deadly gas, methyl isocyanate, leaked from Union Carbide India Limited’s pesticide facility in Madhya Pradesh.
The theme for National Pollution Control Day 2023 is “Sustainable Development for a Clean and Healthy Planet”.