BJP leader Mungantiwar lodges complaint against coal washing unit, flags pollution

CHANDRAPUR: (Apr 21) BJP MLA and former minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has lodged a police complaint against a company and a Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) official over pollution allegedly causing crop damage at a village in Chandrapur district.

A delegation comprising Mungantiwar and some farmers from Belsani village in Chandrapur tehsil lodged the complaint at Ramnagar police station on Monday, the BJP leader said.

In the complaint, the legislator from Chandrapur alleged that the company has caused extensive environmental pollution by operating coal washeries since 2024.