India, March 2 -- Four days after heaps of garbage along the Mula-Mutha river caught fire, sending thick plumes of smoke across Loni Kalbhor and leading to hospitalisation of students, pro-chancellor of MIT ADT University, Mangesh Karad, issued an ultimatum saying that the university will block garbage vehicles/trucks if dumping does not stop within a month.

Karad told Hindustan Times, "The institution has repeatedly appealed to villagers and authorities to halt dumping along the riverbed but has seen no concrete action."

"Our campus is located near two to three villages. We have repeatedly requested the villagers not to dump garbage in the river. However, more than 35 trucks bring unsegregated waste daily and dump it there. Neither the...