A gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal 40 years ago killed over 5,400 people in the world's largest industrial accident. Last month, Indian authorities ordered the removal of the residual toxic waste from Bhopal for disposal in Pithampur, where it has been put in storage at an incinerator facility.
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.
The young women and girls caught during raid at spa centres included a Kenyan national. The young woman had come to study and was enrolled at a university in Bhopal, police investigations have revealed.
College student and bird lover Junaid Qureshi says their cage was opened using a key. Investigating officer says CCTV footage yielded no clues.
Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Monday directed officials to closely monitor the new virus - Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), which is reportedly spreading from China. He emphasised the need for constant monitoring and adherence to the directives issued by the central government to control potential
Indian authorities have begun to transfer 337 tons of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to a disposal plant, amidst strict security measures to avoid another chemical disaster like the one that caused thousands of deaths in this city four decades ago.
The disaster by American company Union Carbide in Bhopal in 1984 left thousands dead. After 40 years, the process to dispose of the waste in Pithampur has started but locals are protesting with two men setting themselves on fire.
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tons of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's deadliest gas leaks.
A mob on Saturday pelted stones at the firm in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district where 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy is proposed to be incinerated, a police official said.
Know in details about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy incident due to gas leaking from the Union Carbide plant, which claimed over 3,000 lives and wreaked havoc city's environment.
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.
Senior officials on Sunday visited the unit in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, where 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy is set to be incinerated, for inspection after a rumour spread on social media that one of the containers carrying the waste had gone