The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought a time-bound action plan from the centre for disposal of toxic waste around the defunct Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. Hearing a PIL on the matter, the court directed the centre to file a detailed answer within the next two weeks. The PIL by a social worker had said that hazardous waste lying around the plant is polluting ground water and posing hazard to public health ever since Methyl Isocynate leakage from the Union Carbide plant in December 1984.