A city-based environmentalist has alleged that municipal waste is being dumped and burned on a large scale in forest areas, wildlife zones, and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas of Thane. The activity is reportedly happening near Gaimukh, adjacent to Ghodbunder Road and close to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), a report stated in our paper.

An environmental activist has raised this with various authorities, with pictures concerned and videos also mentioning the GPS coordinates so that it becomes easier for the authorities to go to the location and verify the details mentioned in the complaint. This site is not meant for dumping municipal garbage. But here, garbage is being dumped, burnt, and even pushed into the creek. Huge piles of burning waste can be seen at this location.