ORDER

1. This application has been moved with a prayer that respondent No.6 – MPCB be directed to take necessary action against respondent No.1/Project Proponent namely M/s Shree Balaji Anodizing by directing its closure in pursuance of warning notice dated 09.07.2021 issued by respondent No.6, as respondent No.1/Project Proponent is operating the industry without valid Consent. Further it is prayed that expert committee be appointed to quantify the environmental lossess to be realized from respondent No.1.

2. The brief facts of the present case are that respondent No.1 is an industry being run without valid Consent to Operate and is discharging untreated industrial toxic effluents in the MIDC drain which flows into river Krishna for a period of more than five years, which is causing irreversible damage to the environment and ecology of the said river.

Respondent No.1 is engaged in manufacturing anodizing and powder coating activities. Respondent No.1 is producing illegal polyester resin and subsequently discharging untreated industrial toxic effluent into MIDC drain which flows into river Krishna. Respondent No.6 has taken cognizance of the complaint of the applicant and visited the