India, Nov. 20 -- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), in its report submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has flagged several violations of Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules at the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PCMC's) ambitious waste-to-energy (WTE) plant, officials said Wednesday.

According to the CPCB report, the WTE facility operated by the PCMC is among four plants nationwide that are not complying with the SWM Rules, 2016. Another WTE plant in Maharashtra (at Sangli) has been found operating without the mandatory 'consent to operate' issued by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The NGT in turn has directed the Maharashtra government to submit detailed compliance reports.

The CPCB informe...