{"id":1047,"date":"2025-10-24T07:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:50:46","slug":"the-plastic-empire-of-kolwade-illegal-operations-by-ramakant-and-sadam-flourish-on-midc-land-pollution-board-asleep-government-deaf-citizens-trapped-in-toxic-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"The Plastic Empire of Kolwade \u2014 Illegal Operations by Ramakant and Sadam Flourish on MIDC Land! Pollution Board Asleep, Government Deaf, Citizens Trapped in Toxic Air!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Plastic Empire of Kolwade\u2014 Illegal Operations by Ramakant and Sadam Flourish on MIDC Land! Pollution Board Asleep, Government Deaf, Citizens Trapped in Toxic Air!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pratik mayekar &#8211; palghar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boisar | In Palghar taluka\u2019s Kolwade village, the very breath of nature is suffocating today. Though the land belongs to the MIDC, the administration seems to have completely lost control over it. On this very site, two individuals \u2014 Ramakant and Sadam \u2014 are openly running an illegal plastic washing and storage business, and the entire village is paying the price.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1047-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VID-20251024-WA0043.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VID-20251024-WA0043.mp4\">https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VID-20251024-WA0043.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>This illegal operation continues in broad daylight on MIDC land \u2014 not just an act of negligence, but seemingly under an unspoken official blessing. MIDC officials remain silent, the local Gram Panchayat looks the other way, and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) appears to be in a permanent state of slumber. The very body meant to protect the environment has now become a silent accomplice in its destruction. Claiming ignorance of the situation is nothing short of deceiving the public \u2014 for one whiff of the air in Kolwade is enough to reveal the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Ramakant and Sadam have turned Kolwade into a plastic hell. Every year, the state government chants slogans of a \u201cPlastic-Free Maharashtra,\u201d yet in places like Kolwade, mountains of plastic rise higher every day. This is not just a failure of administration \u2014 it is a testament to the government\u2019s insensitivity. The Pollution Control Board spends lakhs every month preparing reports, but no action ever follows. The villagers now question whether the MPCB works to protect citizens\u2019 health or to safeguard corrupt officials.<\/p>\n<p>Kolwade today stands not merely as a village but as a symbol of administrative paralysis. If no immediate action is taken against Ramakant and Sadam, the effects of this pollution will soon spread beyond Kolwade \u2014 contaminating the groundwater, air, and ecosystem across Palghar district.<\/p>\n<p>It is high time that the administration and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board wake up and take decisive action. If this illegal operation on MIDC land continues unchecked, Kolwade will soon be known as the \u201cChemical Village\u201d of Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p>If citizens don\u2019t raise their voices today, future generations will be forced to drink poison instead of water. Born out of the government\u2019s silence and the administration\u2019s negligence, this Plastic Empire could soon become a dark shadow over Maharashtra\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plastic Empire of Kolwade\u2014 Illegal Operations by Ramakant and Sadam Flourish on MIDC Land! Pollution Board Asleep, Government Deaf, Citizens Trapped in Toxic Air! &nbsp; Pratik mayekar &#8211; palghar &nbsp; Boisar | In Palghar taluka\u2019s Kolwade village, the very breath of nature is suffocating today. Though the land belongs to the MIDC, the administration&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4","category-5","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palgharnagrik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}