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Hindustan Times Pune
|January 22, 2025
Considering the rising water pollution in Pune city and the gap between the amount of sewage generated and the amount of sewage treated, Siddhesh Kadam, chairman of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), has asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to submit a time-bound action plan for sewage treatment plants (STPs) to be set up in the city.
PUNE: Kadam has also directed the municipal corporation to submit an action plan for treating sewage at its source till such time the STPs are set up.
A joint meeting was held at the PMC on January 21 to discuss pollution problems in Pune city. The meeting was attended by Kadam; Pune municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale; MPCB regional officer J Salunkhe; MPCB sub-regional officer Kartikey Langote; and PMC environment officer Mangesh Dighe among others.
This story is from the January 22, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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