India, Feb. 1 -- A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation contractor has been booked after he allegedly set up a Ready-Mix Concrete Plant (RMC) plant 50 m inside mangroves without seeking permissions from the Forest department.

According to the Versova police, the accused, DRN Infrastructure Private Limited, had been given a contract to build the Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project to convert waste water which had already gone through two stages of filtration into reusable water.

The police said the offence was registered after they received complaints on the Mangroves Suraksha Mobile Application. DRN has been booked under sections 15 of the environment (protection) act, and has been asked to pay a penalty as per the provisions of the act.

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