A day after mid-day reported about the delisting of a proposal for a green clearance to relocate the medical waste treatment plant SMS Envoclean from Govandi to Khalapur in Raigad district, Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi has taken up the issue. Acknowledging the travails of Govandi, Deonar and Makhurd residents, Azmi and his party workers staged a protest outside the office of municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Wednesday.

The SP legislator from the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency had sought a meeting with the civic chief. However, as the latter was absent, the meeting had to be postponed. Azmi said, “The issue of the Govandi, Mankhurd and Shivaji Nagar, where SMS Envoclean Pvt Ltd has affected the health and well-being of a huge segment of Mumbai’s population is to be duly registered.” Azmi has also written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Environment Ministry, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).