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MPCB imposes Rs 89-crore fine on 140 companies in Maharashtra for pollution NGT had earlier given certain instructions to curb pollution in top 100 polluted cities across the country, including Aurangabad Current Affairs : The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has given notification to 140 organizations in Aurangabad mechanical zone for contamination and forced a fine of Rs 89 crore on them, an authority said on Wednesday. The move is planned for controling the contamination level, Divisional official of MPCB Dilip Khedkar said. “Out of 1,496 red and orange classification organizations, 140 were served sees seven days back. The MPCB has slapped a punishment of Rs 89.25 crore on them and they have been given 15 days to take care of the punishment,” he said. “This progression is started to cut down the contamination level in Aurangabad according to the rules of the National Green Tribunal (NGT),” he said. Likewise READ: Air contamination from petroleum products ...

Install assessed air quality monitoring stations in a year: NGT to state At present, the proposal is to install 202 CAAQMS in 114 cities, out of which process to install 152 is underway Current Affairs :The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday guided all state contamination control sheets to introduce evaluated air quality checking stations inside a year and submit quarterly progress reports to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A seat headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel gave a large number of bearings on the issue of air contamination and looked for first report on establishment of air quality checking stations by April 1, 2020. The green board noticed that the criteria to introduce stations has been developed dependent on populace and territory of the urban areas, as indicated by which 800 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) and 1,250 manual stations are required notwithstanding the current ones. At present, the propos...