The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to collect samples of the toxic waste lying in the closed Union Carbide factory at Bhopal within the next three days. The court directed that MPCB would analyze the samples collected within 15 days. The court turned down the request of Maharashtra government and the MPCB for a reasonable time of two more months to collect samples. The court directed MPCB to furnish a detailed report by 29th August. Last month, the court had restrained the Madhya Pradesh government till further orders from transporting toxic waste of Carbide factory for incineration at the Defence Research and Development Organisation Nagpur. The court had also accepted intervening applications of the Maharashtra government and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in this matter. The Maharashtra government had filed the application on the ground that no prior clearance was sought from MPCB in this connection.