Mumbai: Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil instructed the officials of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation and Thane Zilla Parishad to take necessary steps to make Ulhas river pollution free. Is. He said that a campaign should be started to remove the encroachment done on the banks of Ulhas river in Mohane and Mharal and to bring the pollution in the river under control.
Local citizens and social activists complained to Patil about encroachment on the banks of Ulhas river in Mohane and Mharal areas, contamination of water from industrial and settlements into the river. A meeting was held in Mantralaya under the chairmanship of Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil. Water Resources Secretary Baswant Swamy, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vijay Suryavanshi, Chief Executive Officer of Thane Zilla Parishad participated in the meeting.
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Jayant Patil said that the Kalyan-Dombivali and Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporations should mark the encroachments and send notices to the concerned. It was demanded in the meeting that the rotten dam built by the NRC company in the area has become dilapidated and needs to be repaired. On this occasion social activists Anil Galgali, Nitin Nikam, Umesh Borgavkar, Kailas Shinde, Chief Engineer of Water Resources Department Sanjay Tatu, Deputy Secretary of Environment Department Abhay Pimparkar, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s co-secretary P.K. Mirashe, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Thane District Council Dadabho Gunjal, Superintendent Engineer Rajesh Sontakke, City Engineer Sapna Koli etc. were present.