Mah govt undertakes ambitious programme to check industrial waste

Mumbai, Mar 28 (UNI) Maharashtra Government has undertaken an ambitious project to stop sea pollution resulting from industrial waste, the Legislative Assembly was told today.

In a written reply to Varsha Gaikwad (Congress) and others, Environment Minister Ganesh Naik said the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has signed an MoU with National Institute of Oceanography in this connection.

Under the project, samples of water from the 720 km long Konkan coast and the creeks would be taken at 102 sites before and after the monsoon within the three km radius from the coast.

The samples would be scientifically tested for pollution levels.

He said the first phase of collecting samples has already commenced in February.

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