Two people in India set themselves on fire Friday to protest against the disposal of hazardous waste from the decades-old Bhopal industrial disaster, local government officials said.The protests erupted on Friday after authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste -- remaining from the world's deadliest industrial disaster in the city of Bhopal 40 years ago -- to the town of Pithampur for disposal.

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.

The MHA had cancelled the trust’s registration around five years ago after they had not uploaded an annual report on the ministry portal.

Rajkumar Raghuvanshi and Raju Patel were participating in a protest after 12 containers of toxic waste had reached Pithampur from the Union Carbide site.

CM has tasked senior cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya to mediate on the issue and convince the stakeholders of safety measures in place

Protests in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, erupted over the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy. Authorities imposed prohibitory orders to manage the tensions. The situation remains tense,

Forty years after the devastating Bhopal Gas Tragedy, a major step has been taken to address the hazardous legacy of the disaster. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste, left behind at the site, have been moved to a disposal facility in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur for incineration.