Officials from the Palghar forest department have started removing unauthorised structures built by encroachers on forest land, according to a report in this paper.

The encroachments comprised houses erected in the protected forests of Bapane village and Bilalpada village The forest department officials also demolished an unauthorised cattle shed in the protected forest of Virar and seized the land. Additionally, unauthorised huts in Virar  were also removed. An estimated 10,000 sq ft of forest land has been cleared and cases have been registered against the offenders under the Indian Forest Act of 1927.