Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an inquiry into the fire at the Deonar dumpyard in Mumbai. The smoke from the fire led to Mumbai being under a heavy smog cover for days.
In fact, smoke is still being emmitted from small pockets of the dumpyard. The inquiry will be headed by the additional Police Commissioner. A case has been registered against unknown people for the fire.
Municipal schools in central Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar and Deonar, which were closed for two days last week due to smog caused by a recent fire at the Deonar garbage dumping ground, reopened on Monday.
Last week, the fire at Deonar dumping ground led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut down 74 schools run by it, as the smoke from the ground veiled the area causing breathing difficulties.
BMC had to shut down 74 schools run by it as the smoke from the ground following the fire covered the area causing breathing difficulties.
In the backdrop of the fire in the Deonar dumping ground, the Bombay High Court had directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to file an affidavit stating what steps it has taken towards securing the dumping ground to prevent such incidents.
A division bench of Justices AS Oka and CV Bhadang had asked the civic body to file an affidavit in a week on whether it has fenced the dumping ground, whether it has constructed a wall restricting entry of miscreants inside, if CCTVs are functional and if security guards are present round the clock.
The court also sought to know when the Corporation will stop dumping wastes at the Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds as they have reached their saturation point.
The Corporation said it was constructing waste disposal plant at Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds for better disposal of the wastes.
The state government had on Thursday informed the court that it has already handed over possession of a 52-acre land at Taloja in Navi Mumbai and a 29-acre land in Airoli to the civic body to be used as dumping grounds.
Deonar is one of the biggest and oldest dumping grounds in Mumbai and the huge heap of garbage at the 132-acre waste site reportedly stands 20 metres tall as high as an 18-storey tower.
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