In a significant development, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) initiated action against the Baramati Agro Limited, situated in Baramati and owned by Karjat-Jamkhed MLA Rohit Pawar, grandnephew of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar.
The board served a notice to Mr. Rohit Pawar, at 2 a.m. on Thursday, instructing the closure of the plant within 72 hours. Expressing concerns about the timing and circumstances surrounding the action, he hinted at the involvement of ‘influential figures’ in the MPCB’s post-midnight action.
The 37-year-old legislator, who belongs to the Sharad Pawar faction, is the CEO of Baramati Agro Limited, which works in the fields of animal and poultry feed manufacturing, sugar and ethanol manufacturing, co-generation of power, trading of agri-commodities, fruits and vegetables and dairy products. It has a registered office in Baramati.
