Thane-based environmentalist Rohit Joshi has served a legal notice to the Thane police commissioner over alleged illegal dumping and land reclamation in a protected Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) near the Rabodi helipad, with fingers being pointed at the police department. mid-day had earlier reported the matter, following which a site inspection by the Thane tehsildar’s office confirmed that debris dumping had taken place at the location.

The notice has also been served on the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, the Thane district collector and the divisional forest officer of the Mangrove Cell (North Konkan). It pertains to alleged illegal reclamation, dumping of debris and destruction of mangroves in a CRZ-I/CRZ-IB area.