A legal notice has been served to the principal secretary of the urban development and environment departments of the state government as well as to Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani over the Maharashtra government’s decision to use the Mulund and Deonar dumping grounds for the rehabilitation of Dharavi who are residents ineligible for housing in the area being developed under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project.

Advocate Sagar Devre, who served the notice on April 22, said that as per the solid waste management rules, landfills are fit for human habitation only 15 years after their closure. The state government has decided to allot 124 acres of Deonar dumping ground land and 12 acres of the Mulund dumping ground for the rehabilitation of Dharavi residents.