Navi Mumbai-based environmentalists have claimed that due to the massive reclamation activities at Dastan Phata and Savarkhar wetlands, several villages in Uran are in danger of getting flooded.

Nandakumar Pawar, director of Sagarshakti, the marine division of NGO Vanashakti, alleged that reclamation by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at Dastan Phata-Jasai, which began five years ago despite environmentalist groups’ protests, has blocked intertidal water flow, pushing low-lying areas lower.“A 3.6-km stretch of the creek from Dastan Phata-Jasai to Karale has not only been buried, but the height of the landfill has gone up at least three to four feet above the adjoining Uran-Panvel stretch of NH348,” Pawar said.