The Jabalpur High Court has asked the government to settle the remaining ash after burning the toxic waste of Union Carbide.
The toxic waste of Bhopal’s Union Carbide Factory may have been burnt, but after this, questions have arisen over the settlement of 850 tonnes of ash.
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In this case, the Jabalpur High Court on Thursday heard the petition of an organization called Bhopal Group for Information and Action and sought a response from the state government.
The High Court has asked what is the government’s plan to bury the remaining ash after burning poisonous waste? The High Court has directed to give information about the plan to bury it at an alternative place away from the population instead of Pithampur. The next hearing on the case will be held on 14 August.
Demand to send toxic waste ash to America The petition demanded that as the Tamil Nadu government had sent the toxic waste of Unilever Company in Kodaiknal in 2003, the ashes of the union carbide company’s toxic waste should also be sent to America.
During the hearing, it was not clarified by the state government as to why the remaining ash is being buried near the human population in Pithampur after burning the toxic waste of Union Carbide. It was also not told that if the poisonous mercury did not survive in the ashes after burning garbage, then where did she go.
The poisonous garbage of Union Carbide of Bhopal was burnt in the Ramki Enviro factory in Pithampur.
The government will have to tell the plan in the next hearing The petitioner has demanded to include two independent technical experts in the hearing, on which the High Court has fixed the next hearing date on 14 August. On this day, the Government of Madhya Pradesh will have to tell in the High Court that what is its plan to safely bury the ashes of union carbide’s toxic waste. Apart from Pithampur, what alternative places have been marked for this.
Union Carbide Factory of Bhopal.
The government presented this report in the last hearing Senior lawyers Naman Nagrath and Khalid Noor Fakhruddin, who are presenting on behalf of the petitioner, said that the report was presented by the state government during the last hearing. In which it was said that the toxic waste of Union Carbide has been successfully settled at the facility center at Pithampur.
Poisonous waste has been destroyed under the supervision of technical experts of the Central and State Pollution Control Board. 850 metric tons of ash and other remains have been collected from poisonous waste. After receiving the CTO from MP Pollution Control Board, it will be destroyed in a separate landfill cell.
The court took the Il report on record. Along with this, instructions were given to present a compile status report. Meanwhile, through another PIL in the High Court, it has been claimed that radio active substances are active in the ashes of union carbide’s toxic waste, which is a matter of concern.
The High Court has given a system of hearing with the original case after the preliminary hearing of the case. In the upcoming hearing, along with considering the answers of the members of the Expert Committee, other points will also be considered.
