Indore (MP): The second round of trial incineration of the waste brought from Bhopal-based defunct Union Carbide factory is underway in the Pithampur industrial town in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district.
In the second phase of the trial, 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste is expected to be burnt in 55 hours in the industrial town, about 250 km from the state capital.
All emission levels are within permissible limits amid the ongoing trial burning of the waste, said an official from the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board.
Emission levels from the plant as well as ambient air quality in surrounding areas are being monitored.
The state government on January 2 transported 337 tonnes of waste from the Union Carbide factory, the site of the 1984 industrial catastrophe, to a privately operated waste disposal facility at Pithampur.
According to an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the trial of disposal of this waste is to be done in three rounds while strictly following safety norms and a report is to be presented before the HC on March 27.
