India, April 12 -- Primove Consultancy, the project consultant for the sewage treatment plant (STP) near Pashan Lake, has come under scrutiny after the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) found the facility non-operational during a site inspection on Friday amid reports of large-scale fish deaths. The civic body served a show-cause notice to the consultancy on Saturday.

The inspection, led by municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram following residents' complaints, found the STP defunct, raising concerns over untreated discharge and its impact on the lake's ecosystem. The issue has also been flagged in a Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) report.

Jagdish Khanore, chief superintendent engineer of the sewage department, termed the la...