The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, which decriminalises almost all penal provisions in the earlier 1974 law, was passed in Rajya Sabha on February 6
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024, which decriminalises almost all penal provisions in the earlier 1974 law, was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The residents had raised concerns about water pollution allegedly caused by a dyeing unit operating in the area. Members of the public action committee had also visited the village and had raised the matter of contaminated water
Residents and environmentalists from Pimpri-Chinchwad are raising their voice against pollution of the river with many blaming industrial waste as the main cause