India, Feb. 19 -- The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday approved the state government's plan of a three-phase trial run of a total of 30 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory, and studying the results before incinerating the remaining waste.

The state government submitted a compliance report to the court on Tuesday, a day after Supreme Court admitted a petition filed against the disposal of toxic waste in Pithampur and sent notices to the Union and state governments.

The bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain approved the trial run, said Prashant Singh, the state's advocate general. The state's plan is to incinerate the waste at different temperatures and different rates ...