India, July 16 -- Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said that Mumbai suburban collector Saurabh Katiyar would visit Ganpat Patil Nagar at Borivali and submit a report on it. The sprawling slum area is located in a vast stretch of mangroves that has been systematically encroached over the last few years by a mafia.

The issue of illegal dumping in environmentally sensitive areas was raised in the legislative council by MLCs Anil Parab, Pravin Darekar, Satej Patil and Manisha Kayande. BJP MLC Darekar demanded action against the encroachments in Ganpat Patil Nagar and dumping of illegal debris by builders along creek shores. "Revenue department lands are being illegally occupied, and officials have turned a blind eye," he ...