Even as the controversy surrounding BMC’s proposed cycle track along the periphery of Powai lake rages on, an environmentalist has urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to intervene, claiming that stone and gravel are being dumped into the water body. He said the cycle track will turn the lake into a cemented water tank used for idol immersions. Citing information received under RTI, Stalin D has written to the CM alleging several violations in the project. 

Stalin said the lake is a protected wetland and BMC can’t have its own interpretation of the law