India, Jan. 30 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee consisting of officials from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to check the preventive measures taken to prevent open garbage burning and fire incident issues in Hadapsar.

The bench consisting of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, judicial member and Vijay Kulkarni, expert member issued the order on January 27 as the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) claimed that they are taking necessary steps to prevent such incidents in Hadapsar.

The environment watchdog had taken suo motu cognisanse of a news report published on April 14, 2024, regarding open garbage burning issue in Hadapsar. The NGT has directed the committee to sub...