Bhopal Finally Clears Union Carbide’s Toxic Legacy After 40 Years
Ending a blight on Bhopal, authorities have started disposing 337 metric tonnes of toxic wastes from the abandoned Union Carbide factory which was the site of the deadly gas tragedy that struck 40 years ago. This waste is packed in twelve extra-green leak proof vessels and is being moved through a 250 km ‘protected bio-transport green corridor’ to Pithampur.
The operation, which began late on Wednesday, is very much safety-conscious with each container weighing about 30 tonnes of waste in HDPE bags to avoid reactions with other waste materials. Around 200 workers were involved in the loading process in a nearly 30 minutes shift duration, and all of them were wearing PPE kits. The transportation is being done under the supervision of an Additional Superintendent of Police with fifty police personnel in escort along with ambulances and fire brigades.
But, the disposal plan has many challenges from civil society of Pithampur more than ten organisation wanted to close the city and wanted to dispose the waste internationally. The Indore MGMA Medical practitioners have raised an alarm with a petition to challenge the safety measures of the disposal process and the minimal number of tests.
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