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4 Jul 2012

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www.daily.bhaskar.com

1984 gas tragedy: Bhopal to finally get rid of toxic waste [India]

In a move that would benefit lakhs of people, the government on Tuesday approved disposal of about 350 metric tonnes of toxic waste near the now-defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, where a gas leak in 1984 had killed thousands of people…The disposal would be carried out by German agency — GIZ IS…About 346 MT toxic waste is lying within the premises of the erstwhile M/s Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) at Bhopal.