Bhosari firm issued notice for burning industrial waste in open

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) environment cell on Wednesday issued notices to Nikki Gears, an industrial firm in Bhosari, for burning industrial waste in the open.

The civic body will send the report to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to enable them to file a criminal case against the unit, as harmful chemical substances were found in the industrial waste.

In October, the PCMC had also issued notices to Electro Chemical Plating in Mohannagar and Geeta Industries in Sangvi area.

PCMC environment cell executive engineer, Sanjay Kulkarni, said that the residents of F-Block, Bhosari Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) had complained to the civic administration about the menace. A PCMC team inspected the spot and found that industrial waste was being burnt in the open.

The notices were issued as per MPCB norms.

Local residents said that the industrial waste was burnt opposite their houses in the morning for the last one and a half months. They had to close windows and doors, yet the smoke entered their houses causing them suffocation.