A confidential report prepared by chief of Mangroves cell allegedly states that Pan India Paryatan Limited (PIPL) Essel Group has destroyed around 60 acre of mangroves forest in Gorai belt for carrying our construction of a resort.

The copy of the report was obtained by a city based green activists through RTI. The green activist has been fighting to save the mangroves forest in the western suburbs of Mumbai from Dahisar to Andheri. The New Link Roads Association Forum has alleged that the PIPL was responsible for the destruction of mangroves.