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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding untreated sewage and waste water contaminating land and flowing into Bhima river, Pune, Maharashtra, 07/03/2025 [1]

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vishwajit Ramchandra Dixit Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/03/2025.

The issue raised in the application pertains to untreated severe sewage and waste water pollution emanating from 80 flats and 26 bungalow projects in the surrounding area of the farmland belonging to the applicant (Plot No.92/1, Rajgurunagar, taluka Khed, district Pune).

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The counsel for the applicant submitted that the project comprising the flats and bungalows are likely to generate an estimated 10,00,000 liters of sewage daily from 2,000 households, which is said to be flowing towards the plot of the applicant causing damage to his plot and thereafter, the same gets discharged into the Bhima river.

The NGT directed notice to be issued to the respondents - Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB); Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Satkarsthal Gram Panchayat; Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA); Rajgurunagar Municipal Council and District Collector, Pune.

Judgement Date: 
Friday, March 7, 2025
Tags:
Bhima [3], River Pollution [4], Sewage Pollution [5], Waste Disposal [6], Pune (D) [7], Land Pollution [8], National Green Tribunal (NGT) [9], Court [10], Maharashtra [11]
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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Bhima-river-sewage-pollution-NGT-order-March7-2025.pdf
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