India, March 20 -- Authorities have formally flagged garbage dumping in the Mula-Mutha riverbed near Loni Kalbhor with the irrigation department serving notice to the local gram panchayat for dumping mixed waste along the riverbank and the land records department conducting a survey confirming encroachment of a protected river zone.

The Loni irrigation sub-division on March 16 served notice to the gram panchayat holding the latter accountable under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 for dumping mixed waste along the riverbank. The notice cited indiscriminate disposal of plastic, construction debris and hotel waste, along with instances of open burning, leading to air and water pollution. It warned that dumping in the riverbed could ob...