A city-based environmentalist has alleged that massive dumping of debris is happening in the forest of Aarey next to the Mithi river. He stated that almost a thousand truckloads of debris have been dumped at the site, killing trees.

On April 28, Stalin D from NGO Vanashakti wrote to the secretary of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC), Central Pollution Control Bureau (CPCB), principal secretary of the state environment department, Maharashtra; collector of Mumbai Suburban; secretary of the BMC’s gardens department, secretary of the urban development department and round officer of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Bureau complaining about the same.