The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) offered a show-cause notification to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on December 26, searching for an motion inside a day pertaining to the issue of useless fish found within the Mula-Mutha River at Naik Bet close to Naidu Hospital on account of the discharge of with out remedy water.
The notification highlights that PMC discharges about 90 MLD of with out remedy sewer every day proper into the rivers. While the previous Naidu STP has really been destroyed, the brand-new heart remains to be incomplete and doesn’t have alternate energy setups. Additionally, quite a few STPs all through the town, with an built-in capacity of 567 MLD, are operating with out MPCB authorization. The authorization for these STPs ended on December 31, 2023.
According to the MPCB notification, sewer from 3 drains pipes close to the Naidu STP is transferring with out remedy proper into the river. The with out remedy sewer, recognized by its black color, nasty scent, and pH levels of 6 to 7, has really been talked about because the supply of fish loss of life. The MPCB has really required a conformity file inside 15 days and suggested PMC to ship a long-lasting technique to perform 100% sewer remedy. Failure to observe the notification will definitely trigger lawsuit.
MPCB native policeman J S Salunke specified,“My team visited the site and we have issued a notice regarding this. MPCB will initiate legal action against your unit without giving any further notice under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.”
