Swiftly responding to activists’ allegations of destruction of mangroves on Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s (JNPT) land, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has told the state forest and environment departments to look into their concerns. 

The activists have urged the CM to declare 900 hectares of mangroves under the jurisdiction of the container port as reserve forest, saying it will save the ecologically important shrubs. They submitted photos showing the alleged damage since 2019, to the CM on Sunday.