Navi Mumbai villagers, affected by heavy flooding this monsoon, on Tuesday threatened to block work on the new Navi Mumbai airport if their issues weren't addressed. After mid-day reported on some villages in Navi Mumbai being denied help by CIDCO officials during the flooding last week, CIDCO Joint MD Prashant Nanavre visited the area on Tuesday morning with more than 300 villagers in attendance.

Villages surrounding the new airport land suffered flooding for the third time in the last two months owing to the Ulwe river diversion and landfilling currently underway. Dungi being the last village on CIDCO's list of villages to be evacuated for the airport was given help during the floods while the adjacent six to seven villages were conveniently ignored by all authorities including the tahsildar and CIDCO, villagers alleged.