State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Raosaheb Danve refuted state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Mallik's allegation that the BJP-led state government had scrapped the River Regulation Zone (RRZ) Act at the behest of elevator-maker multi-national Schindler. Speaking to newspersons Danve made a startling claim that the rivers in the state were not being polluted due to industrial pollution but were being polluted due to waste water being discharged in the rivers. He added that the RRZ law was amended for further growth of industries and that it was the centre's prerogative to amend RRZ.
Mallik had yesterday alleged that the government had given in to the Schindler company which had been trying for the last three years to get the law scrapped so that it could get the licence for its unit. He further remarked that while the BJP which has been crying hoarse over corruption, its Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is holding meetings with company officials in Davos, Switzerland. He added that Switzerland is the place to stash black money. The people who are offering black money and those who are accepting it are all there in Davos, Switzerland.
Danve stated that the NCP charge is baseless. He claimed that it was the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government which had tried to scrap the law. The state BJP spokesperson stated that his party's government policy is that industrialisation should take place without harming the environment. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is in Davos, Switzerland to bring foreign investment in Maharashtra. Danve termed Mallik's charge as baseless.