An 'illegal' dairy farm at Umrale Rablai village owned by two brothers in Nalasopara West, has been the cause of much trouble for locals. They claim to have made several complaints to the police and civic body, but no action has been taken so far. Locals claim the bovine dung and urine that are dumped near a well have polluted the water and they are now forced to fetch drinking water from a civic tap nearly 300 metres away. In addition, the dumping of waste has caused an increase in the infestation of mosquitoes, flies and other insects.

A villager said the civic body has slapped the owners, Vinod Ganesh Naik and his brother Pramod, with nine notices and an FIR was registered at Nalasopara against them early this month.