A few months back, small and medium scale industries in Bhosari and Chinchwad had taken to the streets to demand for the basic of all amenities — lifting of garbage.

Four months later, the industries say a beginning has happened and hope it would be taken forward to its logical end.

However, industrialists lament that disposal of hazardous waste continues to be a big headache for them.

The civic body on the other hand said that the hazardous waste has to be disposed off in Ranjangaon, where the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)has set up a facility for the same.

As a result, the entire Pimpri-Chinchwad Bhosari area is swamped with hazardous waste, creating environmental hazards.

Abhay Bhor, president of the Forum of Small Scale Industries Association, said they had raised the

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