Looking into repeated complaints from residents of Govandi and Deonar, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has written to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), directing them to investigate pollution levels at the SMS Envoclean biomedical plant and submit an action taken report.

In their complaint, locals have alleged that the smoke being spewed by the plant that burns down the city’s biomedical waste, is aggravating tuberculosis, asthma and other health complications among thousands of residents.