( MENAFN - IANS) Bhopal, Jan 6 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted six weeks to the state government to act on the Union Carbide factory waste disposal as per the safety guidelines and set February 18 as the next date of hearing.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (January 6, 2025) granted six weeks to the State government to act on the Union Carbide factory waste disposal as per the safety guidelines. It also directed the media not to give incorrect news on the issue of the waste disposal.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted six weeks to the state for the Union Carbide factory waste disposal under safety guidelines. The court also banned incorrect media reporting. This follows unrest in Pithampur over the waste's relocation.

The waste, packed in 12 sealed containers, was shifted from Bhopal to the disposal site at Pithampur in Dhar district on January 2. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the decision to incinerate Union Carbide's hazardous waste in Pithampur. The matter will now be heard after six weeks.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court gave six weeks to the state government for the safe disposal of Union Carbide factory waste. It directed the media to avoid spreading incorrect news. The waste was moved from Bhopal to Pithampur on January 2.

The MP High Court on December 3 set a four-week deadline to shift the toxic waste from the factory, observing that even 40 years after the gas disaster, the authorities were in a “state of inertia” that may cause another tragedy.

Madhya Pradesh government authorities shifted 337 tonnes of waste from the defunct Carbide factory to Pithampur after the High Court pulled up government for the 40-year delay in disposing of the waste.