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28 Feb 2009

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Down to Earth [India]

Too hot to handle [India]

A fire at Ankleshwar...in...Gujarat on April 3 last year...burnt 250 tonnes of toxic industrial waste at the treatment, storage and disposal facility or TSDF...Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Ltd (BEIL)...Prompted by the accident, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in April 2008 set up a committee...to stipulate detailed and explicit guidelines for storage of incinerable hazardous waste...On July 8, CPCB issued directions to BEIL regarding safety...However, 4,000 tonnes of waste was still lying at the facility in December end... [The Resource Centre invited BEIL to respond - response provided below. We also invited Ramky and GEPIL (Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Ltd) to respond to this article but they have not done so] [Article also refers to United Phosphorous, Dow Chemical, Luthra Group, Mumbai Waste Management Ltd, Holcim Services (South Asia) Ltd, Lafarge, Lakshmi Cement, Kanauria Chemicals, Eternit Everest, Jyoti Om Chemical Research Centre, Intex Dyechem Ltd]

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