The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has acquired a completely encroached land in Dahisar for over Rs 349 crore from a private player. In 2019, the then civic chief Praveen Pardeshi had rejected the acquisition on the grounds that only an encroachment-free plot may be acquired. However, a few months after his rejection, the administration went ahead with the acquisition.

The plot has nearly 1,600 slum dwellings on it. Its price had been pegged at Rs 54 crore by the BMC itself in 2011 when it wanted to acquire it. However, the proposal was then shot down by the Improvements Committee.