Earth-movers take away particles on the website after a three-storey administrative constructing of a Waste-to-Power (WTE) plant run by the Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district, Maharashtra, on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
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Police have registered a case towards two officers of a personal power firm in reference to the collapse of a three-storey constructing on the waste-to-energy undertaking in Pune district, which killed 9 individuals, officers mentioned on Tuesday (July 14, 2026).
Ashok Gupta, undertaking head of Antony Lara Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd., and Vijay Sapkal, the security officer on the plant, have been booked beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 105 (culpable murder that doesn’t quantity to homicide), 125 (rash or negligent act that endangers human life) and different related provisions, they mentioned.
The corporate operated the power at Moshi in Pimpri Chinchwad the place the incident occurred on July 8. The criticism, registered by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company (PCMC) officers, acknowledged that no security measures had been taken regardless of understanding that the heavy rains might pose a hazard to the sanitary landfill (SLF) on the location.
“As no safety measures had been adopted, a portion of SLF [mound of legacy waste] collapsed on the three-storey constructing on July 8, claiming 9 lives,” the FIR states.
The three-storey administrative constructing of a waste-to-energy plant run by the PCMC collapsed after the mound of rubbish crashed onto the construction like a landslide, killing 9 people.
On Monday (July 13), the civic physique acknowledged {that a} preliminary inquiry into the incident confirmed that an occupancy certificates had been issued just for the bottom flooring on the agency’s request.
The Maharashtra authorities has constituted an unbiased high-level technical inquiry committee to research the incident, PCMC Commissioner Dr. Vijay Suryavanshi mentioned.
The corporate prima facie failed to make sure security on the plant regardless of steady heavy rainfall and didn’t take ample precautions though an enormous mound of legacy waste was positioned adjoining to the residential constructing that collapsed, he mentioned.
Mr. Suryawanshi mentioned the City Improvement Division has appointed an unbiased committee to conduct a “truthful and complete technical inquiry” into the incident and suggest measures to stop such accidents in future.
The committee will probably be headed by Divisional Commissioner Sheetal Teli-Ugale and contains the regional officer of the Maharashtra Air pollution Management Board, D.N. Singh of the Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT) Bombay’s structural engineering division, and environmental and stable waste administration professional Anil Kumar Dixit.
The assistant commissioner (catastrophe administration) will function the member secretary, the civic chief mentioned. “The federal government has constituted a very unbiased committee to research the incident and counsel measures to stop such incidents in future,” Mr Suryawanshi added.
Revealed – July 14, 2026 11:49 am IST
