City-based green activist Harish Pande has alleged that the suburban collector's office and Mangrove Cell have failed to follow the orders of the Bombay High Court in 2018 to create a buffer zone within 50 metres of the mangrove patch as illegal hutments of Ganpat Patil Nagar in Dahisar West are eating into the mangrove cover and wetlands.

Pande told mid-day, "In the last six months, over 200 new hutments have been constructed at Ganpat Patil Nagar in lane number 1, 2, 13 and 14. I found out about this when I visited the area a few days ago."