Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) leader Jayant Patil has sought government action against alleged illegal tree-felling, hill-cutting and other activities by a suspected land mafia in the environmentally sensitive Dodamarg taluka of Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, reported the PTI.

In a letter to Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Patil alleged that more than 6,000 trees were being cut without permission in the area.