Even as Shiv Sena’s Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray actively promotes environment-friendly activities in the city, there are many projects that the civic officials are in the process of developing, which could harm the [city’s] surroundings. In a bid to ensure that there is minimum damage to the environment, the department has instructed all the other civic departments to tread carefully.

The departments have been informed to use environment-friendly materials for building of infrastructure projects. They have also been instructed to plant more trees in the city. After instances of protests against the razing of certain sections of the Aarey forests, civic officials are keen to take efforts required to protect the environment.