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For instance in Pune, officials admitted that they were restricted to carrying out routine industrial inspections. MPCB officials said due to the shortage in manpower, they could only carry out routine inspections. MPCB has submitted a proposal to the state to add 600 personnel to the existing strength of 837 staffers. (File)Over 5,000 samples of river water, sewage and other wastes being sent for analysis every month at the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) eight labs, the system is now reeling under the increasing workload. Requesting anonymity, several officials with the sub regional offices in the state, cited examples of their increasing workload..