Despite claims by the state forest department, regeneration of mangroves in denuded patches has apparently failed. Even as afforestation plans are afoot by the social forestry wing of the Rajnagar mangrove protection division from time to time, unscientific planning by concerned authorities has put the mangrove tracts in the estuaries of Mahanadi and Devi river virtually on the road of extinction, alleged reliable sources at Kendrapara.