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NASHIK: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to submit an affidavit by September 30 on when and how it will be constructing the common effluent treatment plant (ETP) in Nashik. The divisional bench comprising Abhay Oka and Gautam Patel was hearing the petition filed by Godavakri Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch against government officials for the pollution of the Godavari river. The HC said the MIDC was shrugging off its responsibility and had no right to point fingers at others for the river's pollution. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has also been asked to present a report by September 30 on what action it has taken on erring industries. "These agencies have been asked to submit their affidavits during the next hearing on September 30. The state government has also been asked to appoint four police sub-inspectors and 30 policemen within one month to be posted along the riverbank to check on river p

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has proposed the construction of a common effluent treatment plant for industries to check the release of industrial effluents into the Pavana and Indrayani rivers. Municipal commissioner Release of industrial effluents into the Pavana and Indrayani river that leads to water pollution has prompted the Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation to propose the construction of a common effluent treatment plant for industries. Shrikar Pardeshi said, "A detailed project report will be prepared within two to three months. The project report will be sent to the civic standing committee and the Union government for approval after which we will ask the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to allot land for the plant." Initial estimates suggest that the capacity of the proposed plant should be 0.6 to 0.7 million litres per day as around six to seven lakh litre of effluents are generated daily by small scale industries, he said. &