The apex court noted that experts from NEERI, NGRI and CPCB have given their views on the issues, which were considered by the high court as well as the expert panel.
The affidavit filed by the respondents in compliance with the court's directive of December 9, 2024, stated that "the medical records prior to the year 2014 are very old, therefore, only 3,000 pages p ...
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.
Mahajan's comments followed the transfer of 337 tons of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory, linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy of forty years ago, for disposal in Dhar district.
Local activists have claimed that 10 tons of toxic waste was incinerated on a trial basis in Pithampur in 2015, after which the soil and water sources in surrounding villages became polluted.
