Two men opposing the disposal of Bhopal's Union Carbide toxic waste in Pithampur were critically injured after self-immolation. Protests erupted over the incineration of 337 metric tons of ...

Two men suffered burn injuries on Friday (January 3, 2025) after they tried to immolate themselves as protests erupted during a call for bandh in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur industrial town ...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Massive protests have erupted in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur against the disposal of Union Carbide’s toxic waste in the region. Thousands of residents took to the streets ...

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 of Bhopal’s defunct Union Carbide ...

Authorities shifted 337 tonnes of waste from the Carbide factory to Pithampur for scientific disposal. The material reached the incineration unit in Pithampur on Thursday. DHAR: A mob on Saturday ...

Pithampur/Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Protests have erupted in Pithampur against the disposal of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) waste with residents expressing fear over health and environmental risks.

They argue that if this waste is not toxic, why can it not be incinerated in Mandideep industrial area in place of Pithampur industrial area. Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The traders here have joined ...

Dhar , 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 ...

On December 3, 2024, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered the shifting of the waste to Pithampur for disposal. The state government is to submit a status report to the courts on January 03, 2025.

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.

The authorities have shifted 337 tonnes of waste from the Carbide factory to Pithampur for scientific disposal, triggering protests across the town. Two men were rushed to hospital after they set ...

The toxic waste, a grim reminder of the world's largest industrial disaster in 1984, was transported to Pithampur for disposal at the state-of-the-art Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF).