During Tuesday’s hearings, BMC chief Bhushan Gagrani and member secretary of MPCBDevendra Singh were also present, on the judges’ insistence the previous day, to explain the inaction of their respective officers ... HC to BMC, MPCB.
The decision was taken after a meeting held recently on December 16 between PMC and MPCB officials wherein it was found that several wedding venues in Pune are operating without the mandatory environmental consent from the pollution control board.
MPCB send notices to BMC hospitals over biomedical waste violations ... An MPCB official told HT that the board received “many complaints” from September onward ... MPCB found everything in order and compliant,” he said.
MPCB shut 19 RMC plants in MMR for pollution violations, tightened enforcement, seized guarantees, and began extensive monitoring and inspections to curb rising pollution and improve Mumbai’s air quality ... .
In Mumbai, four RMC plants in Deonar and Govandi were ordered to stop operations, and the MPCB forfeited bank guarantees of Rs 5 lakh each from three units for repeated non-compliance.