Hadapsar Industrial Estate – dumping solid waste – PIL for shifting outside Pune

Judgment 4.8.2025 dated of the Division Bench of the High Court of Bombay in W.P.No.4794 of 2025 of Dr. Nikhil Shah and others Vs. The Pune Cantonment Board and others with PIL No.75 of 2022 of Hadapsar Industries Association and another Vs. The Pune Cantonment Board and others
Hadapsar Industrial Estate – shifting dumping solid waste – PIL for shifting outside Pune City
The land at Survey No.120-298 adm 28 acres of Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune, is used for garbage depot for the last 100 years. The land is occupied by the Pune Cantonment Board as lessee holding over.
Management, disposal and processing of municipal solid waste generated within the jurisdictions of urban agglomerations has been a burning problem for last several decades. No citizens want a dump site or a garbage processing plant near their residence. The present petitions arise out of the syndrome of every citizen “not in my backyard”
PCB and PMC shall ensure that mixed solid waste is not dumped in any part of the land of 28 acres of the Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune.
PCB and PMC shall ensure that the municipal solid waste transported to the site is processed and disposed of either by (a) composting of wet waste, (b) recycle and reuse of dry waste and (c) transportation of non-biodegradable and unusable waste to sanitary landfill site.
PCB and PMC shall take all necessary measures to suppress and control foul odour, toxic gases, dust etc. emanating out of waste processing facility at the site and for such purpose, adopt all necessary measures including modern techniques to ensure that the health of nearby residents is not adversely affected.
