Maharashtra, pollution board differ on Dow plant
On March 28, following a high-powered state committee's report clearing the project, Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh gave Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd's proposed research and development (r&d) centre in Shendi village near Pune the go-ahead to begin construction. Work on the project, that is to come up on 40 hectares of local grazing land, has been stalled since January following strong protests by local villagers and activists (