Environmental Audits in Purna, Bhiwandi.

Because Purna godowns change hands and tenants so often, a new occupier or a lender often wants an account of what the last one left behind: stained floors, leaking drums, residues in drains, waste stacked at the back. We review what the gala was used for, inspect it, and take soil or drain samples where its history suggests a spill. The report records the condition of the premises at the start, along with the remedy and its likely cost.

Purna is one of the busiest godown villages in Bhiwandi, close to the Mumbai–Nashik highway. Unlike the newer planned parks further out, much of it grew plot by plot, as landowners put up sheds and rented them to traders, distributors and small manufacturers. Almost anything can pass through: consumer goods, packaging, textiles, electrical items, furniture and chemicals. Galas of different sizes stand wall to wall along narrow internal roads crowded with trucks and tempos, and the older village and its families live right beside them. Much of the storage changes hands every few years.