The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has built a watchtower on the service road to facilitate birdwatchers enjoying the sight of flamingos at DPS lake in Navi Mumbai. Enthusiastic crowds though keep walking close to the migratory birds into the wetland. This is dangerous as they could get stuck in the slush there. An NGO NatConnect Foundation has written a letter to the NMMC Commissioner highlighting the problem.

Yet, people shun the watchtowers and actually get very close to the flamingos. Many of these are selfie-seekers who want pictures with the birds in the background. They are certainly not bird watchers but those who are fishing for likes on social media. A report stated that they throw stones at the birds to make them fly so that would be an interesting backdrop. People breach the lake barricades instead of using the watchtower. One option is to use stronger fencing so that people cannot access the lake.