Dhar, Feb. 13 -- Toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site was finally unloaded at the Pithampur factory in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, but there's no indication of when the incineration process will begin, an official said.

The 12 containers filled with toxic waste were transported to Pithampur on January 1, marking a significant step towards disposing of the hazardous materials that have been lingering for four decades.

The Bhopal gas tragedy considered the world's worst industrial disaster, occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984, when deadly gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant, claiming thousands of lives.

Four decades after a tragic incident, the toxic waste materials from Bhopal's Union Carbide ...