The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), on the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has levied a fine of Rs 184 crore on Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) for adversely affecting the environment. The civic body has done nothing to dispose of tonnes of legacy waste lying unattended since 2013.

Above all, there is no sewage treatment plant (STP) in the Vasai-Virar area and sewage generated in Virar and Nalasopara City is discharged in the Vaitarna creek whereas sewage generated from Vasai and part of Nalasopara City is discharged in the Vasai creek, said an environmental activist, Charan Bhatt, who had approached NGT in 2021.