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, teams led by regional officer Navtesh Singla immediately visited the sites, doused the fire and impounded the vehicles caught dumping the waste. 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 waste were found to be brought by the employees of Mohali municipal corporation (MC). The MC was instructed to avoid any illegal dumping of waste at any area of the city and action under the appropriate rules have been initiated against the MC authorities and the Panchayat officer.htc...