National Pollution Control Day

National Pollution Control Day is observed on December 2 every year. The day is observed in the memory of those who died in the Bhopal Gas tragedy on the night of December 2nd and 3rd, 1984. National Pollution Control Day is observed in order to create awareness about environmental pollution produced by industrial processes or human negligence. The environmental pollution impacts the quality of life of all living organisms .

The objective is to educate people about the importance of pollution control acts and the adverse effect of environmental pollution.

Many people lost their lives as deadly gas methyl isocyanate leaked out of the union carbide plant. The effects of that disaster are felt even now after more than 37 years. Bhopal Gas Tragedy is considered one of the biggest industrial pollution disasters.

The day focuses on creating awareness among people as to how they can prevent air, soil, noise, and water pollution. According to a survey done in 2020 showed that of the top 14 most polluted cities in the world, 13 of them belong in India and 12.5 per cent of all death in India is caused due to air pollution

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed on 2nd December since 1986 by the United Nations General Assembly. The objective of this day is to eradicating contemporary forms of slavery, such as trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.

            The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (resolution 317(IV) of 2 December 1949).