{
  "id": 693374,
  "title": "MPCB Issues Stop-Work Notices To 19 Illegal Jeans-Washing Units In Thane Rural Belt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/mpcb-issues-stop-work-notices-to-19-illegal-jeans-washing-units-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:36:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mpcb-issues-stop-work-notices-to-19-illegal-jeans-washing-units-in-thane-rural-belt"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thane: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has finally initiated action against unauthorised jeans-washing units allegedly causing water pollution after shifting operations from Ulhasnagar to the rural areas of Ambernath and Kalyan talukas. The MPCB’s Kalyan sub-regional office has issued ‘stop-work’ notices to 19 unauthorised jeans-washing units — 16 located in Pale village and three…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}