Owing to the large-scale pollution of the Ghot and Kasadi rivers near Taloja, local residents recently led a morcha to the Taloja police station against the companies in the MIDC area. The residents filed a complaint saying the companies were releasing chemicals into the rivers, badly polluting them.

The complainants alleged that the Navi Mumbai city authorities - City and Industrial Corporation (CIDCO), Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) - have paid no attention to preserving natural resources in the city. CIDCO has ignored the wetlands in the region and now the PCMC, too, is neglecting the rivers in Panvel. The residents of Ghot village, who have been suffering owing to their proximity to the Taloja MIDC area, are now agitating to save the Ghot and Kasadi rivers.