Defying green norms: More trouble for BJP MLA as state orders probe

There see ms to be no end to the woes of BJP legislator-Narendra Mehta, whose close kin and associates are facing charges of destructing to man grove belt sand reclaiming wetlands to construct an ultra-luxurious club in the Ka nakia ar ea of Mira Road.

After Mira Road registered a FIR under the relevant sections of the Environment Protection Act against eight people including the legislator’s younger brother Vinod Mehta (who also happens to be the husband of Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Mayor Dimple Mehta), the office of the Konkan Division al Commissioner has directed the District Collector, Thane to conduct a detailed probe and submit its report in this context to the violation.

The action followed by state government directives, in r esponse to a complaint filed on th e CM’s web por tal by RT I act ivist Krishna Gupta, in c ontext to braz en elimination of g reen co ver by the le gislator and his kin by violating c oastal r egulations and en vironment norms.

Interestingly, Gupt a has sought charges to be framed under the st ringent Maharashtra C ontrol of Organised Crime Act, (MCOCA) against the accused for repeatedly causing ir reversible dama ge t o the na ture to pamper the rich.Despite a series of cases a gainst h is kin, t he legislator w ho has been terming the all egations as baseless had barged into the local p olice station last week.

Narendra Mehta, whose close kin and associates are facing charges of destructing to mangrove belts and reclaiming wetlands to construct an ultra-luxurious club in the K anakia area of Mira Road.