A man, belonging to Badlapur's Adivasi community, has allegedly cut down 860 trees that stood on a land near his house to make space for his daughter's wedding ceremony. While forest officials are now conducting a panchnama of the area, green activists have alleged that the forest department often turns a blind eye to such felling of trees.

The alleged activity took place on Mhasa road, Badlapur, without obtaining any permissions from the forest officials, who later noticed the barren land by when almost all the trees were hacked. This was done in a matter of a couple of days using a JCB, locals said.