Activities like picnics on the periphery of Vihar lake are not only unaffected during the lockdown, some locals claim they have increased. They claim illegal fishing is also on at the lake.

A source from Aarey Milk Colony claimed that after the lockdown was implemented, on an average, around 200 to 300 people have been going there on a daily basis. The source also alleged that there has been an increase in the construction of hutments there.