The Versova police booked four people for endangering the lives of the public by engaging in illegal methi (fenugreek) farming on Versova beach. The police said the accused had dug approximately 10 feet into the sand in order to cultivate methi.

In 2021 itself, a legislator filed a writ petition in the Andheri court, pointing to the illegality of farming activities on the beach and the threat to public safety due to excavation work.