Moshi-like incident must not happen in MUM, warns HC
Mumbai, 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 health risks linked to Kanjurmarg landfill.
"Such an incident should not happen here," 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 bench cited Indore, which was recently ranked India's cleanest city for the eighth consecutive year, and asked why Mumbai could not achieve similar standards.
They added that improving sanitation required both administrative commitment and public cooperation and the fine for littering and spitting should go from Rs.200 to Rs.2000....
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