Chandrapur: The inspection by the sub-regional officer of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) at Vimla Infrastructure (India) Pvt Ltd railway siding at Tadali MIDC here on Thursday revealed several violations of pollution norms.
The officer found many facts corroborating the allegation about high pollution caused by the railway siding in the complaint filed by NGO Sanjeewani Paryawarn Samajik Sanstha. The discovery of multiple heaps of suspicious ‘churned coal-like mineral’ at siding has also validated claims of the complainant about mixing of unwanted material into the coal transported from the place.
The inspection report states that there are three railway tracks and five platforms of the railway siding, used mainly for transport of coal and iron ore. Currently, four platforms (no. 2, 3, 4 and 5) are in use and a total of 16,000 Metric Tonnes of coal is stocked there.
