India, March 2 -- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued formal notice to the Loni Kalbhor Gram Panchayat after an onsite inspection carried out on Sunday, March 1, following a massive fire at a garbage dumping site adjacent to the Mula-Mutha river in Loni Kalbhor.

Navnath Avtade, sub-regional officer, MPCB, said, "A site inspection was carried out today and we have issued notice to the concerned Gram Panchayats. A detailed compliance report has been sought without delay. Failure to act could prompt the MPCB to recommend legal action under the applicable provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016."

Fire erupted on February 26 at the dump site on the Mula-Mutha riverbed in Loni Kalbhor which raged for two day...