In fact, Madhya Pradesh government filed a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court in 2012, opposing the incineration of the toxic waste in Pithampur.
The Cost QuestionThe Rs 126 crore investment is to incinerate just 5 per cent of the toxic waste, pointing to the huge monetary cost of this exercise.
Vijay Shah, the current Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Minister, "After I became the minister, we took the budget from the Centre for the toxic waste disposal.
The toxic waste has polluted groundwater of 42 settlements around the ruins of the Union Carbide factory with Persistent Organic Pollutants.
In 2014, the United Nations Environment Programme had offered to assess the toxic waste, but the Indian government did not pursue this option.

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