The residents of a housing society in Siddheshwar Garden, Dhokali at Thane, have alleged that a builder cut and uprooted 170 plants from their garden, to try and get hold of the land, which he owned before. They have also alleged that the police and the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) ignored their constant complaints about Tirupati builders. Upset, they plan to approach the state Human Rights Commission for justice.

Manisha Patil, one of the residents of Takshila society said, "Our builder took this land from Tirupati builders some years back and constructed the building. Our society was registered in 2007 but in 2012 Tirupati builders started claiming this land and we approached the sessions court regarding this. In 2013 we got a stay on the building land and the court said that the builder or society members can't do anything on the rest of the premises which have the garden. On June 19 Tirupati builder's men came along with JCB machines into our society and started removing the trees."