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After doctors, Indore mayor opposes Union Carbide plant waste disposal

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January 01, 2025

OPPOSITION to the government's planned disposal of Bhopal's closed Union Carbide/Dow Chemical plant's toxic waste in the Pithampur Industrial Area in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district is growing daily.

After doctors, Indore mayor opposes Union Carbide plant waste disposal

OPPOSITION to the government's planned disposal of Bhopal's closed Union Carbide/Dow Chemical plant's toxic waste in the Pithampur Industrial Area in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district is growing daily. Indore's mayor and BJP leader Pushyamitra Bhargav joined the chorus, asking the government to "reconsider" the decision. He recalled the halting in the past of "attempts to incinerate it in Gujarat and later take it to Germany for disposal".

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