Navi Mumbai: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has written to the Raigad district collector, asking him to verify and submit a detailed report within seven days on alleged environmental violations at the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) housing project in Kharghar, being executed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO).

The latest correspondence — marked as Reminder 2 and signed by Under Secretary Vishal Madane on November 3, 2025 — notes that despite earlier communications dated October 9 and November 21, 2024, no response has been received from the collector’s office.

The letter follows a complaint filed by environmental activist B. N. Kumar of NatConnect, which was initially forwarded to the state by the Union Ministry of Environment, Fores

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