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Take immediate action to dispose of 337 tonnes of chemical waste at Union Carbide campus: NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reprimanded authorities for their lack of action in disposing of the 337 tonnes of chemical waste lying at the Union Carbide campus in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

"It is known fact that the chemical waste where it is accumulated is creating leachate and further contaminating the surface water, underground water, and during the rainy seasons, flowing to other places, thus contaminating the water of the river bodies," said the court.

The bench of Justice Sheo Kumar S...