MPCB orders closure of Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd

  • | Thursday | 8th July, 2021

MPCB orders closure of Shilpa Steel and Power LtdThe hazardous liquid waste that was discharged near a nullah. Staff Reporter :Authorities discontinue water and power supply to the unitThe Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notice to Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd. for discharging hazardous liquid waste material into Wena River in Butibori on Monday. MPCB issued the closure direction under Section 33A of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 and Section 31A of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 for polluting the water body. Acting swiftly on the direction both authorities have disconnected the water and electricity supply of the company. Thereafter MPCB officials conducted a joint inspection in which a police officer stated that the two tankers were coming from Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd MIDC Butibori on June 25.

MPCB orders closure of Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd The hazardous liquid waste that was discharged near a nullah. Staff Reporter : Authorities discontinue water and power supply to the unit The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notice to Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd. for discharging hazardous liquid waste material into Wena River in Butibori on Monday. MPCB issued the closure direction under Section 33A of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 and Section 31A of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 for polluting the water body. Along with this MPCB directed Maharashtra State Eletricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to disconnect the electricity and water supply of the company. Acting swiftly on the direction both authorities have disconnected the water and electricity supply of the company. It may be mentioned that MPCB had received a phone call from MIDC Police Station on June 26 that two tankers having capacity of 30000 Litre each were about to discharge hazardous liquid waste material into the local nullah on Butibori-Chandrapur Highway near Kathiyawadi Dhaba. Accordingly police filed an FIR against the driver of two tankers RJ-09-GC-2317 and MH-40-AK-4391. MIDC Police seized both tankers while the drivers were absconding. Thereafter MPCB officials conducted a joint inspection in which a police officer stated that the two tankers were coming from Shilpa Steel and Power Ltd MIDC Butibori on June 25. The joint team found that the field pH value of tanker effluent is 1.0 which is highly acidic and the tanker filled up with spent acid generated from the pickling unit. The acidic effluent was accumulated in the local nulla which is merging with Wena river. After the joint inspection A M Kare Regional Offier MPCB directed to the concerning authorities to discontinue the water and electricity supply of the company for spreading pollution in water body under the provisions of Section 33A of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 and Section 31A of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981. As per the sources the police department in 2016 imposed Rs 10 lakh bank guarantee and disconnected water and electricity connections of the company for discharging effluent in Wena river.

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