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The Pimpri-Chinchwad police booked four people for dumping construction debris on the bank of the Pavana river..
All four accused are the owners of the land located near the river and they were reportedly found dumping the debris and material without any consent from the civic body, said, the officials.O)..
On Friday, Amol Ganpat Gorkhe, sanitary inspector of the environment engineering department of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), filed a complaint at Wakad Police Station against the accused..
Earlier this month the PCMC had confiscated twelve vehicles and collected a fine of 2.61 lakhs from offenders found illegally dumping debris on the riverbank of Mula near Pimple Nilakh and Wakad area..
. Balaji Mane, Police Sub Inspector (PSI), attached to Wakad Police Station, said all four accused, including a woman, have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 271, 277 and 188 along with sections 3 and 15 of The Environment (Protection) Act 1986..
