According to the advisory, some essential works needed to be carried out at the Pithampur plant, and once these are completed, the process of burning the remaining waste will begin at this unit ...

Bhopal: The process for the first trial disposal of ten of the 337 tons of toxic waste, shifted from the Union Carbide plant premises here to Pithampur in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh recently ...

Locals in Pithampur are fiercely opposed to the planned disposal, near their town, of the waste linked to the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy which killed more than 5,000 people. BHOPAL: The trial run of ...

Their home is opposite an industrial waste-treatment plant. On January 3, the usually peaceful town of Pithampur, about 35 km from Madhya Pradesh’s financial capital Indore, erupted in protest.

The Union Carbide waste was only dumped (in Pithampur) and not disposed of”, Mr Yadav said after the meeting which was also attended by two deputy chief ministers, Jagdish Devda and Rajendra ...

BHOPAL: Rumours over commencement of disposal of Union Carbide waste in Pithampur facility in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday triggered fresh protests in the industrial town even as ...

BHOPAL: In the wake of protests in Pithampur industrial town of Dhar district against the planned incineration of 40-year-old 358 metric tonnes of toxic waste o ...

Pithampur: As the protest against the disposal of 337 tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide intensifies, the administration has decided to impose Section 163 (formerly Section 144) to ...

Two men were hospitalised after they set themselves afire on Friday amid a bandh call in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in the ...

Pithampur Protests Heat Up Over Bhopal Gas Tragedy Waste Disposal; 2 Youths Attempt Self Immolation, Neemuch-Mhow Roads Jammed, Tribals Join 'Dharna' (WATCH) Vehicles travelling to and from Dhar ...

Two persons attempted self-immolation, flaring tensions in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh on Friday as protests against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide continued.

Pithampur has a population of about 1.75 lakh and its industrial area has nearly 700 factories. Dhar Collector Priyank Mishra assured residents that there is no reason to worry.