India, July 27 -- The Western Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to establish a proper drainage network and install sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the 23 villages recently merged into the city's limits. The directive was issued during a hearing on July 24, related to the ongoing Ramnadi river pollution case, which was filed in May 2023 by Krunnal Ghare, an environmental activist dedicated to the conservation of the Ramnadi river. The same directive was uploaded online on July 26, 2025.

Ghare had raised concerns over the large-scale discharge of untreated sewage into the Ramnadi river from multiple locations, particularly from Bavdhan, Bhugaon, and Bhukum. He highlighted that do...