India, April 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday warned that it would order the closure of the Kanjurmarg dumping ground if the Maharashtra government and civic authorities in Mumbai did not act immediately and take concrete steps to curb pollution and hazardous methane emissions at the site.

A division bench of justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe slammed the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for their "casual approach" in monitoring the situation and directed them to convey the seriousness of the matter to the senior-most administrative officers and the deputy chief minister.

"We are taking all the efforts and have also appointed committees to review the situation, but you're taking it in a very l...