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19 tonnes of soil containing Union Carbide waste incinerated four decades after Bhopal gas tragedyAuthorities incinerated around 19 tonnes of contaminated soil from the Bhopal Union Carbide factory. The incineration took place at a facil...- Four decades later, Bhopal burns again and this time, it’s Tarapur breathing the poisonForty years after Bhopal suffered the worst industrial tragedy in modern times, the inhabitants of Tarapur village are exposed to the fumes...
- 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against waste disposalThe Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing regarding the incineration of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, which resulted...
- Bhopal gas tragedy: Incineration of Union Carbide factory waste begins on trial basisThe trial incineration of 10 tonnes of waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide plant started in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, and will take 72 hours...
- 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...
- Turn greenwashing machines off: Timarpur Okhla waste-to-energy plant faces scrutiny over toxic emissionsA New York Times investigation reveals that the Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Plant in Delhi is emitting dangerous levels of pollutants, ...
- Drowning in garbage: How this innovation can make burning trash safe and economicalAs population and economic activity rise, the quantum of waste will also increase. Managing this is important in a world where the need to ...
- After 32 years, government now plans to dispose 332 tonnes of toxic UCC waste via tenderThe move comes over a year after the pilot incineration of 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste was conducted in Dhar district of MP.
- Bengaluru has still a long way to go to deal with sanitary waste disposalImproper disposal of sanitary waste can lead to various environmental and health risks. "It is a huge problem across the country, said a me...
- 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...
- Manish Sisodia visits controversial Okhla, Ghazipur waste-to-energy plantsA CPCB inspection had revealed levels of dioxins and carcinogenic chemical compounds in the Okhla plant was several times the safe standard.
- Delhi's waste-to-energy plants ‘toxic, costly, inefficient’Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem.
- Plan to clean-up toxic waste at Carbide factory likely in FebruaryPrakash Jawdekar today said that the Centre may outline a plan of action for safe disposal of 350 tonne industrial waste at the Union Carbi...
- 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.
- Delhi's Okhla plant gets notice for air pollution in areaResidents of Sukhdev Vihar and other areas near the plant have been protesting against waste-to-energy technology since 2010.
- Bhopal Gas tragedy toxic waste may be shipped outThe 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...
- Bhopal case: Jairam 'sorry' govt smuggled Union Carbide wasteThe govt smuggled out 40 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory to an incinerator 230 km away at a site in Pithampur.
- MP High Court order faces criticism in AnkleshwarVillagers in Jitali and surrounding villages near Ankleshwar have decided to launch an agitation opposing the MP High Court order allowing ...
- UCC waste to be dumped in AnkleshwarGujarat may witness fresh round of protests from environment groups and social activists as a fallout of the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s fr...
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