Lokayukta asks MPCB to monitor air pollution in Taloja for a month

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has been ordered to deploy an observation van in Taloja to monitor air pollution levels and identify industrial units releasing obnoxious gases, while directing them to install pollution-control devices..

Lokayukta Justice V M Kanade has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to post an observation van in Taloja for a month to monitor air pollution levels in the area.. ge..

The first hearing was held on February 17 during which Justice Kanade formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the complaints, filed by Rajeev Sinha and Sameer Patil, against Taloja Manufactures Association, M/s Mumbai Waste Management Limited, and M/s..

The order further said that there is supposed to be a buffer zone of 500 metres from the boundary of notified common integrated treatment, storage and disposal facilities, restricting any residential, commercial or other construction in the area..

However, several unauthorised constructions had come up in the zone, the Lokayukta said.. Justice V M Kanade said that the president of Taloja Manufacturers Association had claimed that they had already filed a complaint before the National Green Tribunal against the planning authority of Panvel Municipal Corporation for permitting developers to build structures in the buffer zone..

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