The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has directed the Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station (KTPS) in Nagpur district to stop dumping ash slurry into a water body in Nandgaon village amid complaints by local residents that it is causing pollution.

MPCB's Nagpur regional officer A M Kare has issued a letter to the KTPS earlier this week, in which he warned that if it fails to follow the direction, then the board will initiate "appropriate legal action".