STATEMENT AND MEMORANDUM

To:

1. Chief Minister of Maharashtra cm@maharashtra.gov.in
2. Chief Secretary of Maharashtra cs@maharashtra.gov.in
3. Secretary of the Environment and Climate Change Department for the Government of Maharashtra psec.env@maharashtra.gov.in
4. Principal Secretary, Public Health Department for the Government of Maharashtra psec.pubhealth@maharashtra.gov.in
5. Member Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  mscb.cpcb@nic.in
6. Member Secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) ms@mpcb.gov.in
7. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) ceo@midcindia.org
8. Municipal Commissioner, Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) commissioner@nmc.gov.in commissionernmc@gmail.com
9. District Collector, Nashik collectorofficenashik@gmail.com

SUBJECT: INSTITUTIONAL APATHY & OPACITY AHEAD OF KUMBH MELA ON HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM POLLUTION IN NASHIK

Four weeks have elapsed since the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) were formally notified of acute industrial chemical contamination in the groundwater of Ambad (Dattanagar / Maruti Sankul).

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