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The Indian Express, Pune, Mar, 2017 : INDUSTRIAL units, especially small-scale industries, in the Pimpri-Chinchwad-Bhosari industrial area seem to be causing air, water and soil pollution, with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) allegedly looking the other way. The industrial units claim they are helpless as no government body has ensured that basic amenities are provided in the area. On Wednesday, when The Indian Express visited the Bhosari industrial area, choked nullahs with stagnant chemical waste was a common sight outside the industrial units. There were some man-made small ‘ponds’ outside the premises of some units. Untreated chemical waste is dumped here and, according to environment activists, percolates through the soil, polluting it.

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