Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed

Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from an Indian chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago. A court in December had set a four-week deadline for the waste to be disposed.
Toxic waste from India's 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years
Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed more than 5,000 people, to a disposal facility where it will take three to nine months to incinerate.
Amid protests, MP puts on hold disposal of toxic waste
The government is also set to approach the Madhya Pradesh high court to seek more time to carry out the task, chief secretary Anurag Jain said.
Bhopal toxic waste: 5 cases filed against protesters opposing disposal plan
Madhya Pradesh police have registered five cases against protesters in Pithampur of Dhar district who opposed the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy in their town,
Indian duo self-immolate in Bhopal toxic waste protest
The men were protesting to highlight enduring environmental and health crises from the 1984 industrial disaster
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Indian authorities begin the long-awaited cleanup of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster amid concerns over its potential impacts at the new location
Protests Erupt as Bhopal's Toxic Waste Shifted to Pithampur
A group protested the relocation of toxic waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide Factory to Pithampur, demanding its return. The Bhopal gas tragedy, one of the worst industrial disasters, still haunts locals.
India Clears Toxic Waste 40 Years After Bhopal Gas Disaster
Indian authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world's deadliest industrial disaster struck the city of Bhopal, media reported Thursday.
Bhopal tragedy: Protests against toxic waste disposal
Bhopal (AsiaNews) - The Indian authorities have announced that they have removed the 337 tons of toxic waste still lying in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, the scene of the worst industrial disaster i n history. But the disposal of the substances, which could take up to nine months, risks causing further damage to health and the environment.
Tonnes of toxic waste removed decades after gas leak that killed thousands
Thousands of people died in the central city of Bhopal in December 1984 after breathing a poisonous gas leaked from the factory. On Wednesday, around 337 tonnes of toxic waste was taken from the Union Carbide plant to an incinerator facility around 230km (143 miles) away after a court last month set a four-week deadline for it to be disposed of.
40 years on, toxic waste from Bhopal factory moved for disposal
Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tonnes of hazardous waste has been shifted from the defunct Union Carbide factory for its disposal at a unit in Dhar district, officials said on Thursday.
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