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Supreme Court orders disposal of Bhopal toxic waste in six months [1]

Asks Centre, M.P. to go by recommendations of monitoring and advisory committees and NIREH

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union government and Madhya Pradesh to take immediate steps for disposal of toxic waste lying in and around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in six months. A Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar said this should be done on the recommendations of the Empowered Monitoring Committee, the Advisory Committee and the National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH).

Publication Date: 
10/08/2012
J. Venkatesan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Bhopal (D) [4], Bhopal Gas Disaster [5], Union Carbide [6], Toxic Wastes [7], Supreme Court [8], Health Effects [9], Waste Disposal [10], High Court [11], Environment [12], Hazardous Waste [13], Madhya Pradesh [14], Corporate Legal Accountability [15]
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