Tonnes of toxic waste removed decades

Toxic Waste From Bhopal Gas Tragedy Site Moved For Disposal After 40 Years
Twelve leak-free containers carrying 337 metric tons of toxic waste for incineration reached the Pithampur plant 42 miles from Bhopal amid heavy security, Swatantra Kumar Singh, the director of Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department, told Reuters.
Tonnes of toxic waste removed decades after gas leak that killed thousands
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago. Thousands of people died in the central city of Bhopal in December 1984 after breathing a poisonous gas leaked from the factory.
Toxic waste moved 40 years after gas leak disaster in India
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.:: December 3, 1984On December 3, 1984 a methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by American firm Union Carbide,
Tensions Escalate in Pithampur Over Toxic Waste Disposal Linked to Bhopal Tragedy
Madhya Pradesh police filed five cases against protesters in Pithampur, Dhar district, opposing the incineration of toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster. Protests led to prohibitory orders. Two attempted self-immolation,
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.
Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years
A court in December had set a four-week deadline for the waste to be disposed. On Wednesday, the toxic waste - around 337 tonnes - was taken from the Union Carbide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal to an incinerator facility around 230km (143 miles) away.
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.
40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Toxic Waste Leaves for Incineration | Exclusive Ground Report
Forty years after the devastating Bhopal Gas Tragedy, a major step has been taken to address the hazardous legacy of the disaster. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste, left behind at the site, have been moved to a disposal facility in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur for incineration.
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