Protests have erupted in Pithampur against the disposal of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) waste with residents expressing fear over health and environmental risks. On the call of the Pithampur Bachav ...

The Madhya Pradesh government has temporarily halted waste incineration. Authorities have stated that the local protests, ...

BHOPAL: Forty years after a late-night leak of noxious methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas at the Union Carbide India Limited’s (UCIL) pesticide plant killed over 5,500 ...

The 'Pithampur Bachao Samiti' had called for a bandh on Friday, which was supported by local residents. The Madhya Pradesh government has assured that the incineration process will be carried out ...

locals called for a 'Bandh' and shut down their shops. A shopkeeper said, "The reason for shutting down the shop is that the 40-year-old toxic waste from Bhopal has been brought here in Pithampur ...

Dhar , Two men were hospitalised after they set themselves afire on Friday amid a bandh call in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in ...

BHOPAL: In the wake of protests in Pithampur industrial town of Dhar district against the planned incineration of 40-year-old 358 metric tonnes of toxic waste of Bhopal’s defunct Union Carbide ...

Bandh over Union Carbide waste disposal: Shops, markets remain shut in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur Located nearly 30 km from Indore, Pithampur has a population of about 1.75 lakh.

Pithampur (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh’s industrial town Pithampur remained completely closed on Friday as a protest against the incineration of Union Carbide‘s toxic waste at town’s ...

The authorities have shifted 337 tonnes of waste from the Carbide factory to Pithampur for scientific disposal, triggering protests across the town. Two men were rushed to hospital after they set ...