Authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to rampant sand mining near the mangroves belt at Dahisar. Sand is being extracted in huge quantities every day near Ganpat Patil Nagar slums, destroying the mangroves in the process. Despite local residents having made several complaints, officials have not acted in it.

Locals say authorities, politicians and the mining firms are hand in glove in removing sand from the Dahisar mangrove belt