MP officials see no hurdle in disposing of Union Carbide waste

Madhya Pradesh government officials are confident of disposing of the solid toxic waste on the premises of the Union Carbide India plant here.

The MP Pollution Control Board does not see any hazard. "Actually, no one is interested, otherwise there will be no issue. We have recommended its disposal to a task force. Now the state government has to execute it. Half the solid waste will be buried and the rest will be incinerated at Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Ltd (BEIL) in Ankleshwar in Gujarat," said a board official.

Recently, a company, MK Nagrik Parivahan & Udyog Sahakari Samiti, responded to a tender for the removal of 46 tonnes of lime sludge.

"The land will be concreted while the rest of the toxic waste will be reduced to nothing at 1400 degree celsius," said SP Gautam, chairman and head of the technical sub-committee that has recommended the terms and condition for the disposal.

Meanwhile, experts will gather in Bhopal tomorrow to chalk out a strategy for disposing of around 8,000 tonnes of waste in the solar pond of the plant.

The removal of the 376 tonnes waste on the factory premises has been cleared and state officials are now gearing up to clean up the solar pond site.