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On 2 December 1984, a tragedy occurred in the country in which thousands of people were killed. 40 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the last 337 tonnes of waste has been burnt to ashes. Actually, there was a dispute going on for a long time regarding burning the old waste of the tragedy. This matter remained in the court for a long time. After this, the time finally came when the waste was brought from Bhopal to Pithampur in Dhar district. After this, the work of burning the waste started after the court’s decision. By around 1 o’clock in the midnight of 29 and 30 June, the entire 337 tonnes of waste was burnt to ashes.
6 months ago, 337 tonnes of toxic waste was filled in containers and brought to Pithampur, a disposal plant in Madhya Pradesh. An official of the State Pollution Control Board said that 30 tonnes of waste was burnt during three trials in the first plant, the remaining 307 tonnes of waste was burnt between 5 May and the night of 29-30 June.
Waste burnt after 40 years
Earlier a controversy had erupted over the burning of waste in Pithampur industrial town of Dhar district. Local people were against burning the waste. They said that doing so would affect the environment and their health. After this, a decision was taken to burn the waste after a long time.
Waste burnt in 55 days
Regional officer of the State Pollution Control Board, Srinivas Dwivedi said, the process of burning 307 tonnes of factory waste at the disposal plant in Pithampur started on May 5 at around 7.45 pm and was completed at 1 am on the midnight of June 29-30.
He said that after the High Court’s direction issued on March 27, it was burnt at a maximum rate of 270 kg per hour under the supervision of technical experts of the Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. According to Dwivedi, after burning a total of 337 tonnes of waste, the ash and the remaining residue are being safely packed in sacks and kept in the leak-proof storage shed of the plant.
He said that special landfill cells are being constructed as per scientific process to bury the residue in the ground and this work is expected to be completed by November. In a press release, the State Pollution Control Board said that about 19 tonnes of ‘excess waste’ found in the soil of the Union Carbide factory premises is being burned at the Pithampur plant and this process will be completed by July 3.
5 thousand people died
The Bhopal gas tragedy is one of the biggest tragedies of India. On the midnight of 2-3 December 1984, highly poisonous methyl isocyanate gas (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal. At least 5,479 people died due to the spread of this gas.
