Pithampur's 2 steel companies receive a setback from the High Court: pollution control equipment was found to be defunct, and the petitions were dismissed.

The failure of two steel companies in Pithampur to comply with mandatory pollution control conditions has backfired. The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the petitions of Mudra Steel Industries Private Limited and Pensol Industries Private Limited, which challenged the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board's decisions regarding closure orders and consent to operate. Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice