Industries in Latur are significantly contributing to air pollution and are one of the major factors that have earned the city the title of being one of the most polluted cities in Maharashtra, as is evident from a portal of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).

In a bid to acquaint the industries and the common people about industrial pollution, MPCB launched its online portal ‘mpcb.info’ under the Maharashtra star-rating programme last year. The programme, run with the support of researchers from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago’s India (EPIC-India), gives details on industrial particulate matter emissions in a comprehensible manner. The least industries are rated 5-stars and the one’s which cause maximum pollution are given 1-star so that people can easily identify the polluting industries in their city or district…