Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
महाराष्ट्र प्रदूषण नियंत्रण मंडळ

Official logo of MPCB
Agency overview
Formed 7 September 1970
Jurisdiction Government of Maharashtra
Headquarters Sion, Mumbai-400051
Agency executive
  • Mrs. Valsa R.Nair Singh, Chairman
Website http://mpcb.gov.in/

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र प्रदूषण नियंत्रण मंडळ) (established September 7, 1970) implements a range of environmental legislation in the state of Maharashtra, India. The MPCB functions under the administrative control of Environment Department of the Government of Maharashtra.

It is mainly responsible for:

It was established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.

Some of the important functions of MPCB are;

Criticism

During a hearing of a PIL on the Panchganga river pollution, the court find that successive state governments had not appointed members for the board since its establishment on September 7, 1970. The appointment of board members is obligatory as stipulated in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. There is no data available whether the government has ever appointed members other than the secretary-level officers.[1]

See also

References

  1. Phadnis, Samrat (March 28, 2015). "HC catches pollution board offguard on member hiring". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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