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PCMC issues notices after Moshi waste plant collapse kills nine
Times of India··13 Jul
Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi issued show-cause notices to the civic environment department and Antony Waste Handling Cell Limited after nine people died at the Moshi waste-to-energy plant, Times of India reported. A garbage mound collapsed into the plant's administrative building on Wednesday following heavy monsoon rain across the industrial city that same afternoon.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Waste-plant safety lapses can turn deadly for workers on site.
- Civic notices may lead to FIRs if negligence is established.
- Victim families are due municipal ex gratia within days.
What's Happening
- Nine people died after a Moshi garbage mound collapse.
- PCMC served notices on its environment wing and the operator.
- Rescue operations ended Sunday with the last recovery.
Plant Safety
- The administrative building was hit around 1.30 pm Wednesday.
- Antony Waste temporarily suspended plant operations.
- NGT has taken suo motu note of the tragedy in related reports.
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