Kanjurmarg residents have complained that there is a nauseating stench in the area for the past few days due to the careless disposal of solid waste at the dumping ground. NGO Vanashakti has written a letter about the same to the secretary of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change as well the regional officer of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and Mangrove Cell.

The NGO alleged that haphazard and careless dumping of municipal solid waste at the Kanjurmarg dumping ground is leading to health and environmental hazards. It claimed that garbage is dumped openly during the day and it is levelled and moved around in the night, leading to the stench. “This activity raises a horrible nauseating stench which is experienced in an almost 2-km radius of the site. It is impossible for residents to keep their windows open at night,” stated the letter.