India, Oct. 13 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed M/s. SMS Envoclean Private Limited, a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) operator, to submit a formal affidavit seeking a 13-month extension to commission a new incinerator facility at Jambhivali, Ambernath, and adjourned the case for hearing on October 16.

The case relates to a public interest litigation filed in 2022 by the Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society seeking the closure of the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Govani Plant. The incinerator used in the treatment caused pollution in the nearby residential areas, it claimed. The society sought the court's intervention to direct the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and other responsibl...