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Pumps at contaminated wells are painted orange by the government around the UC factory in Bhopal.

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The statement is false.
Around the UC factory in Bhopal, the government has painted the pumps of contaminated wells red. However, because there isn't any readily accessible source of clean water nearby, the inhabitants still utilise them. Around midnight on December 2-3, 1984, water accidentally entered a tank at the company's seven manufacturing facilities holding 42 tonnes of MIC gas, triggering a chemical reaction that increased the temperature and pressure inside the tank. As a result, about 40 tonnes of poisonous gases, including MIC, leaked from the tank and entered the atmosphere of Bhopal, where the wind carried them farther south. The facility was shut down in December of that year, allowing the accumulated hazardous waste to contaminate the aquifer that provided drinking water.
Pumps at contaminated wells are painted red by the government around the UC factory in Bhopal.

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