The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to prepare regulations to address the city’s worsening air pollution, after a public interest litigation filed by Dr. Pundlikumar Varlekar highlighted the NMC’s failure to frame any rules on the issue.
The court sought responses from NMC Commissioner Amrit Patole and senior official Sudhir Mehta, and set a deadline for the civic body to submit a draft regulatory framework. The Election Commission of India has also been made a respondent in the matter.
The PIL cited multiple sources of Nagpur’s pollution — including dust from construction sites, emissions from factories, smoke from firecrackers, and particulate matter from flex and digital hoardings — and argued that residents have received no meaningful relief despite repeated complaints.
The court also flagged central government-mandated noise limits for firecrackers, directing the state government and NMC to enforce compliance and take proactive steps ahead of the festive season.
The case is being monitored by the High Court, with the civic administration now under judicial pressure to produce a concrete action plan. The next hearing date is yet to be announced.
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