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**Bigg Boss Kannada Set Ordered Shut Down Over Pollution Concerns**

**Bengaluru, October 7, 2025** – The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has ordered the immediate closure of M/s. Vels Studio and Entertainment Limited, the Bidadi Industrial Area location where the popular reality show Bigg Boss Kannada is currently being filmed. The order, issued on October 6, 2025, cites significant violations of environmental norms.

M/s. Vels Studio and Entertainment Limited, also known as Jolly Wood Studios and Adventures, operates as an amusement park. The KSPCB stated that the park was operating without valid consent from the Board.

The inspection revealed that untreated wastewater from the amusement park was being discharged directly into the surrounding environment, causing pollution. While the facility had installed a Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP), it was not in use. Inspectors found the STP empty and non-operational, with wastewater being released without treatment.

Further violations included poor housekeeping near the STP, the absence of a process flowchart, and the unscientific disposal of solid waste, including disposable paper plates, cups, and plastic waste, near the STP area without proper segregation.

The KSPCB has issued the closure order under Section 33(A) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The future of Bigg Boss Kannada, hosted by actor Kichcha Sudeep, remains uncertain following the studio’s closure.

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