Bhopal Union Carbide Waste Disposal Begins

Forty years after the India — Bhopal gas tragedy, approximately 377 tons of hazardous waste from the defunct Dow Chemical Company — Union Carbide factory in India — Bhopal has begun to be shifted for disposal. The waste is being transported in 12 sealed container trucks to the India — Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, 250 km away. This action follows a rebuke from the India — Madhya Pradesh on December 3, which set a four-week deadline for authorities to clear the site, citing a 'state of inertia' despite previous directives from the India — Supreme Court of India. Swatantra Kumar Singh, Director of the India — Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, is overseeing the operation, which involved around 100 workers packing and loading the waste. The waste will be incinerated at a facility operated by Ramky Enviro Engineers in India — Pithampur under the supervision of the India — Central Pollution Control Board and India — Central Pollution Control Board. Local activists in India — Pithampur have protested the disposal, citing concerns about potential pollution, though Singh has rejected claims of past pollution from a 2015 trial incineration.