Mohali, Nov. 27 -- Taking cognisance of complaints on social media, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Wednesday took action on open burning of waste in Mohali.

Upon every complaint, the concerned team led by regional officer Navtesh Singla immediately visited the sites, doused the fire, impounded the vehicles caught dumping the waste, and sensitised the rag pickers on the ill effects of open burning of waste with the help of the police officials.

PPCB officials found municipal solid waste (MSW) dumped at the open grounds of Sector 74/117/Phase-8B and Sector 66A (Kambala village), as well as construction and horticulture waste dumped in an open ground of Sector 65/Phase-11.

At the first site, the vehicles caught dumping the w...