India, Sept. 22 -- Days after moving to shut down the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) slaughterhouse for non-compliance with environmental norms, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has turned its focus on the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB)-run abattoir. The PCB facility has come under scrutiny for flouting several key pollution control regulations, prompting the state regulator to issue a closure notice on September 18 under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and Section 31A of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

The MPCB action has reignited concerns over Pune's slaughterhouse operations and highlighted a larger problem: while civic-run facilities fall under regulator...