During the hearing, the HC reportedly also asked the state government to consider the suggestions by Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA) – one of the organisations working since decades with Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors – for the disposal of the toxic waste.Importantly, during the last hearing in the matter on February 18, the HC had given the state government, clearance to conduct three-phase trial run of 30 metric tons toxic waste disposal at the treatment-storage-disposal-facility (TSDF) in Pithampur industrial town of western MP’s Dhar district.In pursuance of the order, the three-phase trial run at three different feed rates (135 kg per hour in the first phase, 180 kg per hour in the second phase and 270 kg per hour in the third and final phase) was carried out at the concerned TSDF recently and subsequent status report submitted before the HC on Thursday.Importantly, after a long wait of four decades, the 358 metric tons of toxic waste from the now defunct Union Carbide plant (which was responsible for the December 1984 worst industrial disaster) in Bhopal, was safely transported by the state government on January 1-2, 2025 night to the TSDF in Pithampur (Dhar) for disposal in pursuance with the MP High Court’s December 3, 2024 order.
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