Residents of Mulund East have united to oppose a massive rehabilitation program, fearing it will further strain the area's already limited resources. “Mulund currently houses 1.5 lakh people. With an influx of 3.5 lakh Dharavikars and 40,000 project-affected persons (PAPS), there will be little left for us locals,” informs Mulund-based real estate agent Deepak Date.

While opposing the rehabilitation projects, the residents wrote emails, protested and even met Chief Minister Ekanath Shinde. Upon getting no response, Advocate Sagar Devre from the locality, in a writ PIL, has challenged the final notification of the Maharashtra Government to grant salt-pan lands for the creation of temporary shelters for Dharavi rehabilitation.