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Threat to environment: Bhosari industrial area in Pune, chemical waste dumped in the open
Source: The Indian Express, Date: , 2017
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.
Read More: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/threat-to-environment-bhosari-industrial-area-in-pune-chemical-waste-dumped-in-the-open-4550169/
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