Nashik Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority Commissioner Shekhar Singh chaired a meeting today at collectorate
“We have sealed more than 50 borewells in the area.
Officials said the nine units were served closure notices after their effluent treatment plants were found either non-functional or operating under suspicious conditions. Their power and water connections are being disconnected,” MPCB sub-regional officer Pravan Pakhale said. Collector Ayush Prasad said strict steps were being taken to curb groundwater pollution. NMC will ensure regular water supply to industries to meet their requirements,” he said. Additional measures such as installing plastic water tanks and providing new water connections are also under way,” an NMC officer said.
Nashik : The state pollution control board has issued closure notices to nine industrial units in Nashik’s Ambad industrial belt after finding serious violations linked to suspected groundwater contamination in Dattanagar, where residents have complained of polluted borewell water. The action came after a joint inspection by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) and district administration following directions from guardian minister Girish Mahajan, environment minister Pankaja Munde and mayor Himgauri Aher. Power and water connections to the units are being disconnected. Three more units have been issued notices for procedural violations. Preliminary inquiries found that some factories allegedly bypassed mandatory effluent treatment systems and discharged untreated industrial waste into wells or underground aquifers, contaminating the groundwater table. Authorities are now trying to identify specific electroplating and heavy-metal processing units suspected to be behind the chemical discharge. “We have taken water samples from the borewells and the reports are awaited. However, closure directions have been issued to nine industrial units after their effluent treatment plants were found non-functional or operating under suspicious parameters. The crackdown was reviewed at a meeting chaired by Kumbh Mela commissioner Shekhar Singh. NMC commissioner Manisha Khatri, collector Ayush Prasad and representatives of industrial associations attended the meeting. “The resident deputy collector has been directed to seal all illegal borewells in the area. In tandem with the action against industrial polluters, local revenue authorities — led by additional tehsildar Amol Nikam and supported by field staff including the talathi, alongside municipal corporation officials — completed a preliminary survey of borewells in the affected sector. Joint teams initiated the process of sealing borewells that were found to be discharging polluted or adulterated groundwater. Water tankers are being provided.
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