The Charkop police have booked the chairman and secretary of West View Co-operative Housing Society (CHS) for allegedly destroying mangroves on neighbouring government land spanning more than 5,000 sq ft and converting the plot into a private garden. The society named the ground ‘West View Garden’. The police stated that members of the CHS, which is located in Sector 2, Kandivli West, with the backing of politicians, also placed 15-20 wooden benches and hundreds of earthen pots in the garden.

The Borivli tehsildar’s office had registered an FIR at the Charkop police station after social activist Reji Abraham raised a complaint mentioning the alleged involvement of the society's chairman Pooja Singh and secretary Shantaram Karande. On August 15, 2023, at 10 am, West View Garden was inaugurated in the presence of political leaders. Banner gates, 15-20 wooden benches and hundreds of earthen pots with saplings were set up at the spot.