Mumbai: NGT slaps Rs 12000 crore fine on Maharashtra; BJP blames Aaditya Thackeray for penalty

After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the State of Maharashtra to pay Rs 12,000 crores as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste, BJP has taken out an attack on Aaditya Thackeray.
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Maharashtra BJP leader, Ameet Satam (file picture)

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Mumbai: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the State of Maharashtra to pay Rs 12,000 crores as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste, BJP has taken out an attack on Aaditya Thackeray.
BJP leader Ameet Satam has blamed former environment minister Aaditya Thackeray sarcastically crediting him for the massive fine imposed on Maharashtra.
In a scathing letter written to Aaditya Thackeray, the BJP MLA said that Aaditya could become environment minister only because of his father.
"In the government that was formed by compromising on Hindutva, you became environment minister. Whether you deserved it or had capability, let's not talk about it because it was only because of your father's blessings. I am writing to you to congratulate you as because of your incapability that the honourable court has imposed Rs 12000 crore fine on Maharashtra," Satam said.
"As per the court, dangerous waste was not properly managed and the sewage was let into the sea without being treated properly. The heavy fine was imposed to ensure the continuous damage to the environment was stopped," he added.
Satam also took a dig at Aaditya Thackeray saying that you have now ensured that Mumbaikars don't have to pay airfare to see the Black Sea because you have turned the sea here black.
"Besides fooling the people in the name of Climate Action Plan and enjoying foreign trips by using public money, you haven't done much for Mumbai and Maharashtra. The waste was not managed and sewage was not treated. There was no action plan to tackle this. Mumbai's sea has become black because of your incapability. Now, Mumbaikars don't have to travel abroad to see the Black Sea because you have made the sea here black," Satam said.
The court while imposing the fine had maintained that continuous damage to the environment was required to be stopped in the future, and the past damage was to be restored.
It valued the compensation in respect of the gap in the treatment of liquid waste to be about Rs 10,840 crore, and in respect of un-remediated legacy waste to be around Rs 1,200 crore, and the cumulative amount being of around Rs 12,000 crore.
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