India, March 2 -- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued yet another notice to the chief medical officer for health, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) over environmental violations by a slaughterhouse in Kondhwa.

The notice, issued on February 28, cites multiple complaints from residents regarding water and air pollution allegedly caused by the facility. This is the second notice since June last year.

The slaughterhouse is owned by the PMC and the extended facility is on PCB land.

Residents of Nancy Garden Cooperative Housing Society and other nearby areas in Wanowrie have raised complaints about the issue. Following these complaints, MPCB officials inspected the site on February 28...