Large amounts of soil have allegedly been dumped within forest-declared portions of Aarey Milk Colony, one of Mumbai’s last remaining green zones. City-based activists and environmentalists have demanded that strict action be taken against those responsible, including forest officials who failed to carry out their responsibilities.

On Wednesday afternoon, the members of the Adivasi community informed Amrita Bhattacharjee, activist and member of the Aarey Conservation Group, that the  dumping of stones, earth, and murum soil was going on near Maroshi Pada inside the colony.