Heavy vehicle entry barred on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, traffic diversions issued; the large crowd comprising Communist party members dressed in black marched from Tarapur to Palghar, where local fishermen, the Adivasi community, and labourers joined them in protesting outside the Collector’s Office

Dhaval Lakshmi currently in deep seas about 715 km from Dahanu coast; a team of researchers under the supervision of Dr Suresh Kumar, senior scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India, has been tracking the movement of Dhaval Lakshmi in coordination with Mangrove Cell and Dahanu Forest Division