NGT expresses dissatisfaction with MPCB’s response to sugar factory in Kolhapur district
The western bench of the National Green Tribunal on Monday, December 2, expressed dissatisfaction with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s response to a sugar factory named ‘Appasaheb Nalawade Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana’ in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district found violating environmental norms in 2021-22 but still allowed to operate for 72 days in 2023-24. The NGT in its order dated May 12, 2023, said that the river was being polluted by two industries namely Hiranyakeshi SSK Niyamit located in the state of Karnataka and ‘Appasaheb Nalawade Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana’ located in the state of Maharashtra. In the last hearing of the western bench of the NGT held in September 2024, the MPCB submitted its response stating that a fine of ₹5,010,000 be imposed as environmental damages compensation on the sugar factory for a period of 127 days including 55 days in 2021-22 and 72 days in 2023-24. Hence, the western bench of the NGT comprising justice Dinesh Kumar Singh and expert member Vijay Kulkarni expressed dissatisfaction with the MPCB’s response.
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