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40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 377 Tonnes of Toxic Waste Shifted for Disposal
Millennium Post Delhi
|New Delhi 03January2025
Forty years after the devastating Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tonnes of hazardous waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory have been shifted for disposal. The waste was transported late Wednesday night to a facility in the Pithampur industrial area of Dhar district, officials announced on Thursday.
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The toxic material was carried in 12 sealed container trucks along meticulously planned "green corridor," covering the 250-kilometre distance from Bhopal to Pithampur in approximately seven hours. The convoy, heavily guarded by security forces, arrived at its destination at around 4:30 am on Thursday, Dhar Superintendent of Police Manoj Singh confirmed.
This story is from the New Delhi 03January2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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