The government today conceded that debris has been dumped illegally on Aarey Colony land, and around five acres of protected forest area has been cleared. The CEO of Aarey Colony has been suspended and a three-member probe committee set up.
Responding to allegations by MLAs from across parties, Dairy Development Minister Nitin Raut said that since last year, around 8,000 trucks have illegally dumped debris from Hi-Tech Enterprises on Aarey land. “No permission was given by our department.” He said permission had been given to create parking space during the Ganesh immersion but the company cleared huge tracts of land by dumping debris... We told them to stop but lot of debris had already been dumped,” he said.
The three member committee, headed by the animal husbandry commissioner and including the dairy development commissioner and the regional assistant commissioner (animal husbandry), will submit a report in one month. “Following the report action will be taken against offenders,” he said.
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