DHAR (MP): Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tons of hazardous waste has been shifted from the defunct Union Carbide factory for its disposal at a unit in Dhar district, officials said on Thursday.
The toxic waste was transported at around 9 pm on Wednesday in 12 sealed container trucks via a ‘green corridor’ from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal to Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, located 250 km away.