Residents of Bhatwadi, Ghatkopar are taking on the Maharashtra police to save a hill called the Khandoba Tekdi. A report said that the State wants to build a closed firing range here. The project has led to trees being removed with residents claiming that there has been further ecological destruction because of construction, too.

A group of citizens also started a signature campaign recently. The hill in Ghatkopar West has an ancient temple of Lord Khandoba and has around 1,000 trees that are left, but the shadow of the axe falls over them. The state's Public Works Department (PWD) is constructing the firing range.