On 11 February, a few residents of Mahim West stood in protest of garbage burning and waste disposal at the Sion-Mahim link Dharavi bridge in Mumbai.

Five of us – Farooque Dhala, Mushtaq Ansari, Javed Shaikh, Haneef Agwan, Irfan Machhiwala – held placards of ‘Save Pollution’ and ‘Save Mangroves’ in an attempt to raise awareness of authorities like the BMC to protect the mangroves which grow in the Mahim creek from scrap dealers, who sort and then burn garbage in the area, leading to air pollution in Mahim East and Mahim West area. There was a fire due to this on 8 February.