Twelve leak-free containers carrying 337 metric tons of toxic waste for incineration reached the Pithampur plant 42 miles from Bhopal amid heavy security, Swatantra Kumar Singh, the director of Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department, told Reuters.

In 1984, a catastrophic gas leak, now known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, shook the world. Four decades later, efforts to remove the toxic waste from the site have finally begun. On that harrowing night,

The disaster by American company Union Carbide in Bhopal in 1984 left thousands dead. After 40 years, the process to dispose of the waste in Pithampur has started but locals are protesting with two men setting themselves on fire.

Around 337 metric tonnes of toxic waste, including remnants of the pesticide Sewan and other chemicals used in the production of MIC, will be transported to Pithampur, about 250 kilometres away, for safe disposal.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted six weeks time to the state government to dispose of the Bhopal gas tragedy waste at Pithampur near Indore after clearing all doubts of the public and taking people into confidence.

The Bhopal gas leak killed 3,928 people, according to official data submitted to the SC, although the activists claimed that at least 10,000 people died

Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed more than 5,000 people, to a disposal facility where it will take three to nine months to incinerate.

Authorities in India have taken major action to remove a significant amount of dangerous waste from a chemical factory.As per BBC, this factory was the site of one of the most deadly gas leaks in history,

Authorities confirm all containers of toxic waste from Bhopal gas tragedy are secure in Pithampur, amid protests and rumors.

Senior officials on Sunday visited the unit in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, where 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy is set to be incinerated, for inspection after a rumour spread on social media that one of the containers carrying the waste had gone missing.