After years of environmentalist pressure, the Maharashtra Forest Department is installing a CCTV surveillance system. This Rs 120 crore strategic program monitors 195 "sensitive" mangrove habitats in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region using 669 high-tech cameras.

Residents of Mumbai were becoming worried about the unlawful reclamation of the Wadala salt pans, which threatened a saltwater lake and adjoining mangroves. Land-grabbing was reportedly harming the ecosystem at Eastern Freeway entrance and exit sites.

Environmental organisations say a 600-meter bund near DPS Flamingo Lake violates Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) standards and a Bombay High Court ruling. The local NGO NatConnect Foundation complained to the chief minister and the High Court-appointed mangrove preservation and conservation committee.

Nearly a third of Godrej's extensive 3,000-acre land holdings, which have been part of the family assets since the early 1940s after acquisitions through government auctions and subsequent plot purchases, is poised for development.