Guwahati, June 6 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray accused the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state governments, on World Environment Day on June 5, of ignoring environmental protection in the name of development, warning that it is harming public health, agriculture and the economy.

Posting on X, he said close to 1,73,984 hectares of forest area has been repurposed over the last 11 years for mining activities, road construction and other development projects.

He alleged that these changes were largely driven to favour a particular corporate group, naming the Adani Group.

According to Thackeray, although the Prime Minister speaks about climate issues in the "Mann Ki Baat" ...