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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 40 years on, trial process of burning Union Carbide factory waste beginsThe trial incineration of 10 tonnes of waste from the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy has begun in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh under tight security. ...
MP govt prepares for trial burning of Carbide waste as SC refuses to interfere with HC orderPreparations have begun to incinerate 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after the Supreme Court refused to...
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC refuses to interfere with HC order on waste disposalThe Supreme Court declined to intervene in the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order on shifting and disposing toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal...
MP HC allows 'trial run' of Union Carbide waste disposal at Pithampur facilityThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has sanctioned a trial run for incinerating 40-year-old chemical waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory...
High Court grants 6 weeks to MP govt to act on Union Carbide waste disposal as per safety normsThe Madhya Pradesh High Court gave six weeks to the state government for the safe disposal of Union Carbide factory waste. It directed the ...
Amid protests, MP govt to request HC for more time to dispose of Union Carbide wasteAmid opposition and protests, the Madhya Pradesh government plans to request additional time from the High Court to dispose of the Union Ca...
MP govt to apprise courts of toxic waste transportation and subsequent protestsAmid strong local protests, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav decides to halt the disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste in Pithampu...
Union Carbide waste disposal: Two protesters attempt self-immolation in Pithampur, hospitalisedTwo men set themselves on fire during a protest against the disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, lea...
Union Carbide waste disposal: Protests rock Pithampur, two attempt self-immolationTwo men attempted self-immolation amid protests in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, against the disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide hazardous...
Toxic waste shifted from Bhopal's Union Carbide factory for disposal after 40 yearsAfter 40 years, 377 tons of hazardous waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site have been transported from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal...
Bhopal gas tragedy: NGOs cry foul over 'secret' waste disposalNGOs have raised health concerns over alleged 'secret' transfer of toxic waste for disposal from the factory to Pithampur in MP's Dhar dist...
Bhopal gas tragedy: No accurate data on deaths 30 years on, alleges NGOThough unofficial estimates claimed that the death toll had exceeded the 25,000 mark, official figure stands at 5,295 for whom the govt had...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste disposal still awaitedHC asked for the waste to be incinerated at Pithampur, and in a prelude 25-30 metric tonnes should be disposed on an experimental basis.
- Bhopal Gas tragedy toxic waste may be shipped out
The Group of Ministers on the Bhopal Gas tragedy have abandoned the plan to burn down 350 tonnes of toxic industrial waste at a privately r...
- Toxic waste not to be dumped in Dhar: GoM
The GoM on Bhopal gas disaster has vetoed the move to dump around 347 metric tonnes of toxic waste of the Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant in D...
- Ramesh apologises for dumping of Carbide waste
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has sought an apology from the people of Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur village.
- Bhopal case: Jairam 'sorry' govt smuggled Union Carbide waste
The govt smuggled out 40 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory to an incinerator 230 km away at a site in Pithampur.