Union Carbide Waste: ‘What arrangements occur

Newdunia Representative, Indore: The Supreme Court has asked the Madhya Pradesh government that what arrangements do they have if there is an incident during the burning of waste of the Union Carbide Factory of Bhopal in Pithampur in Dhar district? What arrangements have he made in view of its apprehension?

The Supreme Court, while hearing this question from the government, has asked the government that the government has not made any arrangements before burning the chemical waste of Union Carbide. In such a situation, the possibility of any untoward cannot be denied.

The village is 250 meters from where the garbage will burn

• The petition has been filed by social activist Chinmay Mishra. He said that we have said in the petition that the government is going to burn poisonous waste of union carbide without following the rules of environment and health.
• The process of burning waste will last for nine months. There is a village at a distance of 250 meters from the place where garbage is to be burnt. There are other villages within a radius of one km. Alternative places have not been provided to the villagers of these villages.
• The government has also not worked for disaster management. If an accident happens, Pithampur does not even have a hospital. There are no rescue arrangements in the event of any untoward. There are many such issues that are necessary to talk.
• The petition said that the government had to set up committees at the state, district and local level in this matter, but was not done. On Monday, Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Christ issued a notice to the government seeking an answer before 24 February.

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Groundwater like Bhopal Yua region in the West Management Unit campus of Pithampur

The 337 metric ton of the union carbide is to be burnt at the West Management Factory in Pithampur in Dhar district. This factory has been given a notice by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board on 20 December 2024. The notice has been summoned to the factory management by counting several deficiencies, but this notice has not yet been replied by the management.

This disclosure has been made by five organizations struggling for the victims of the Bhopal gas scandal. Rachna Dhingra of the organization said that the notice of the Pollution Control Board is telling that sewage water is being collected in the premises of West Management Unit of Pithampur.

The same chemicals have been found in this water, which have been found in the ground water of settlements around the Yuka campus in Bhopal. It is clear that if 337 metric tonnes of garbage and burnt in Pithampur are burnt, the ground water there can be more contaminated.