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Union Carbide waste disposal: First trial concludes, samples taken for analysis

Union Carbide waste: 2nd incineration trial ends; levels of two toxic chemicals under study

March 09, 2025 7:53 am

On Saturday, the trial was halted for 22 minutes as an internet shutdown affected collection of continuous emission monitoring data

The Madhya Pradesh government had in July announced that it would incinerate 345 Metric Tonnes (MT) of toxic waste from the Union Carbide facility, where the industrial disaster took place 40 years ago.

Second trial burning of Union Carbide waste underway in MP's Pithampur; to continue for 55 hours

March 06, 2025 6:06 pm

Officials said the first round of trial incineration, which began on February 28 and concluded on March 3, lasted about 75 hours, with 135 kg of waste being fed into the incinerator per hour.

Union Carbide waste: Clip shows ‘black’ borewell water, samples collected

January 25, 2025 6:41 pm

To dispel fears, district officials Wednesday visited the area near Pithampur town, where the waste has been brought for disposal, an official said.

MP: Two injured during protest against dumping of Union Carbide plant waste

January 04, 2025 2:18 am

The protests come two days after the process to dispose of the waste at a facility in the town begins. District authorities warn against ‘upsetting law-and-order situation’.

40 yrs on, Union Carbide toxic waste set to be shifted 250 km from Bhopal for disposal

December 30, 2024 9:46 am

The highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticides factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, killing 5,479 persons and leaving more than five lakh others with health problems and long-term disabilities.

$From 2010 to 2012 over 4000 died on shop floor, but that’s fraction of total$