India, July 16 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday said a tragedy like the recent waste mound collapse in Moshi, Pune district, which claimed nine lives, must not be repeated in Mumbai, while hearing petitions over pollution and public health risks linked to the Kanjurmarg landfill.

"Such an incident should not happen here. There are tall garbage mounds here too," a division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe observed, referring to the July 8 collapse in Moshi, where a waste mound gave way after heavy rain and crashed onto a processing plant, killing nine workers.

The court was hearing a batch of petitions alleging persistent foul odour, pollution, gas emissions and health hazards for residents living near the Kanjurmar...