diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/MapComponent/OpenLayersComponent/Layers/VectorLayer.js b/src/frontend/src/components/MapComponent/OpenLayersComponent/Layers/VectorLayer.js
index a7ac7532a0..05f7874d30 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/MapComponent/OpenLayersComponent/Layers/VectorLayer.js
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/MapComponent/OpenLayersComponent/Layers/VectorLayer.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const VectorLayer = ({
   layerProperties,
   rotation,
   getAOIArea,
+  processGeojson,
 }) => {
   const [vectorLayer, setVectorLayer] = useState(null);
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -185,8 +186,7 @@ const VectorLayer = ({
 
   async function loadFgbRemote(filterExtent = true, extractGeomCol = true) {
     this.clear();
-    const filteredFeatures = [];
-
+    let filteredFeatures = [];
     for await (let feature of FGBGeoJson.deserialize(fgbUrl, fgbBoundingBox(fgbExtent.getExtent()))) {
       if (extractGeomCol && feature.geometry.type === 'GeometryCollection') {
         // Extract first geom from geomcollection
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ const VectorLayer = ({
         filteredFeatures.push(extractGeom);
       }
     }
+    // Process Geojson if needed i.e. filter, modify, etc
+    // ex: in our use case we are filtering only rejected entities
+    if (processGeojson) {
+      filteredFeatures = processGeojson(filteredFeatures);
+    }
     this.addFeatures(filteredFeatures);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectDetailsV2/TaskSelectionPopup.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectDetailsV2/TaskSelectionPopup.tsx
index 15b9c5ae49..094fba0784 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectDetailsV2/TaskSelectionPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectDetailsV2/TaskSelectionPopup.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ const TaskSelectionPopup = ({ taskId, body, feature }: TaskSelectionPopupPropTyp
           <AssetModules.CloseIcon
             style={{ width: '20px' }}
             className="hover:fmtm-text-primaryRed"
-            onClick={() => dispatch(ProjectActions.ToggleTaskModalStatus(false))}
+            onClick={() => {
+              dispatch(ProjectActions.ToggleTaskModalStatus(false));
+              dispatch(CoreModules.TaskActions.SetSelectedTask(null));
+            }}
           />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/SubmissionsTable.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/SubmissionsTable.tsx
index 52edfe47bb..126a571afe 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/SubmissionsTable.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/SubmissionsTable.tsx
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ const SubmissionsTable = ({ toggleView }) => {
                           projectId: projectId,
                           reviewState: row?.__system?.reviewState,
                           taskUid: taskUid,
+                          entity_id: row?.feature,
+                          label: row?.meta?.entity?.label,
                         }),
                       );
                     }}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/UpdateReviewStatusModal.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/UpdateReviewStatusModal.tsx
index e756fcbcdc..09f4812995 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/UpdateReviewStatusModal.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/ProjectSubmissions/UpdateReviewStatusModal.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { UpdateReviewStateService } from '@/api/SubmissionService';
 import TextArea from '../common/TextArea';
 import Button from '../common/Button';
 import { useAppSelector } from '@/types/reduxTypes';
-import { PostProjectComments } from '@/api/Project';
+import { PostProjectComments, UpdateEntityState } from '@/api/Project';
+import { entity_state } from '@/types/enums';
 
 // Note these id values must be camelCase to match what ODK Central requires
 const reviewList: reviewListType[] = [
@@ -23,12 +24,6 @@ const reviewList: reviewListType[] = [
     className: 'fmtm-bg-[#E9DFCF] fmtm-text-[#D99F00] fmtm-border-[#D99F00]',
     hoverClass: 'hover:fmtm-text-[#D99F00] hover:fmtm-border-[#D99F00]',
   },
-  {
-    id: 'rejected',
-    title: 'Rejected',
-    className: 'fmtm-bg-[#E8D5D5] fmtm-text-[#D73F37] fmtm-border-[#D73F37]',
-    hoverClass: 'hover:fmtm-text-[#D73F37] hover:fmtm-border-[#D73F37]',
-  },
 ];
 
 const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
@@ -57,6 +52,17 @@ const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
           },
         ),
       );
+
+      dispatch(
+        UpdateEntityState(
+          `${import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL}/projects/${updateReviewStatusModal.projectId}/entity/status`,
+          {
+            entity_id: updateReviewStatusModal.entity_id,
+            status: reviewStatus === 'approved' ? entity_state['SURVEY_SUBMITTED'] : entity_state['MARKED_BAD'],
+            label: updateReviewStatusModal.label,
+          },
+        ),
+      );
     }
     if (noteComments.trim().length > 0) {
       dispatch(
@@ -79,6 +85,8 @@ const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
         taskId: null,
         reviewState: '',
         taskUid: null,
+        entity_id: null,
+        label: null,
       }),
     );
     dispatch(SubmissionActions.UpdateReviewStateLoading(false));
@@ -91,11 +99,11 @@ const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
           <h2 className="!fmtm-text-lg fmtm-font-archivo fmtm-tracking-wide">Update Review Status</h2>
         </div>
       }
-      className="!fmtm-w-fit !fmtm-outline-none fmtm-rounded-xl"
+      className="!fmtm-w-[23rem] !fmtm-outline-none fmtm-rounded-xl"
       description={
         <div className="fmtm-mt-9">
           <div className="fmtm-mb-4">
-            <div className="fmtm-flex fmtm-justify-between fmtm-gap-2">
+            <div className="fmtm-flex fmtm-gap-2">
               {reviewList.map((reviewBtn) => (
                 <button
                   key={reviewBtn.id}
@@ -131,6 +139,8 @@ const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
                     taskId: null,
                     reviewState: '',
                     taskUid: null,
+                    entity_id: null,
+                    label: null,
                   }),
                 );
               }}
@@ -157,6 +167,8 @@ const UpdateReviewStatusModal = () => {
             taskId: null,
             reviewState: '',
             taskUid: null,
+            entity_id: null,
+            label: null,
           }),
         );
       }}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/models/project/projectModel.ts b/src/frontend/src/models/project/projectModel.ts
index acdfb21793..a0f1291d77 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/models/project/projectModel.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/models/project/projectModel.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,7 @@ export type projectInfoType = {
   name: string;
   outline: {
     type: string;
-    geometry: {
-      type: string;
-      coordinates: [];
-    };
-    properties: {
-      id: number;
-      bbox: [number, number, number, number];
-    };
-    id: number;
-    bbox: null | number[];
+    coordinates: [];
   };
   priority: number;
   location_str: string;
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/store/slices/SubmissionSlice.ts b/src/frontend/src/store/slices/SubmissionSlice.ts
index 3125412918..594eaaf373 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/store/slices/SubmissionSlice.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/store/slices/SubmissionSlice.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const initialState: SubmissionStateTypes = {
     projectId: null,
     reviewState: '',
     taskUid: null,
+    entity_id: null,
+    label: null,
   },
   updateReviewStateLoading: false,
   mappedVsValidatedTask: [],
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/store/types/ISubmissions.ts b/src/frontend/src/store/types/ISubmissions.ts
index 0baecd7a12..5414e9abe6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/store/types/ISubmissions.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/store/types/ISubmissions.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type updateReviewStatusModal = {
   projectId: number | null;
   reviewState: string;
   taskUid: string | null;
+  entity_id: string | null;
+  label: string | null;
 };
 
 export type filterType = {
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utilfunctions/getTaskStatusStyle.ts b/src/frontend/src/utilfunctions/getTaskStatusStyle.ts
index d7f5bb4c1f..6edb289658 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utilfunctions/getTaskStatusStyle.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utilfunctions/getTaskStatusStyle.ts
@@ -111,40 +111,27 @@ export const getFeatureStatusStyle = (osmId: string, mapTheme: Record<string, an
 
   let status = entity_state[entity?.status];
 
-  const borderStrokeColor = '#FF0000';
+  const borderStrokeColor = 'rgb(0,0,0,0.5)';
 
-  const lockedPolygonStyle = createPolygonStyle(
-    mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.locked_for_mapping_rgb,
-    borderStrokeColor,
-  );
-  const lockedValidationStyle = createPolygonStyle(
-    mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.locked_for_validation_rgb,
-    borderStrokeColor,
-  );
-  const iconStyle = createIconStyle(AssetModules.LockPng);
-  const redIconStyle = createIconStyle(AssetModules.RedLockPng);
+  const strokeStyle = new Stroke({
+    color: borderStrokeColor,
+    width: 1,
+    opacity: 0.2,
+  });
 
   const geojsonStyles = {
     READY: new Style({
-      stroke: new Stroke({
-        color: borderStrokeColor,
-        width: 1,
-      }),
+      stroke: strokeStyle,
       fill: new Fill({
         color: mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.ready_rgb,
       }),
     }),
-    OPENED_IN_ODK: [lockedPolygonStyle, iconStyle],
-    // UNLOCKED_TO_VALIDATE: new Style({
-    //   stroke: new Stroke({
-    //     color: borderStrokeColor,
-    //     width: 1,
-    //   }),
-    //   fill: new Fill({
-    //     color: mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.mapped_rgb,
-    //   }),
-    // }),
-    // LOCKED_FOR_VALIDATION: [lockedValidationStyle, redIconStyle],
+    OPENED_IN_ODK: new Style({
+      stroke: strokeStyle,
+      fill: new Fill({
+        color: mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.locked_for_validation,
+      }),
+    }),
     SURVEY_SUBMITTED: new Style({
       stroke: new Stroke({
         color: borderStrokeColor,
@@ -154,15 +141,6 @@ export const getFeatureStatusStyle = (osmId: string, mapTheme: Record<string, an
         color: mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.validated_rgb,
       }),
     }),
-    // INVALIDATED: new Style({
-    //   stroke: new Stroke({
-    //     color: borderStrokeColor,
-    //     width: 1,
-    //   }),
-    //   fill: new Fill({
-    //     color: mapTheme.palette.mapFeatureColors.invalidated_rgb,
-    //   }),
-    // }),
     MARKED_BAD: new Style({
       stroke: new Stroke({
         color: borderStrokeColor,
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/views/ProjectDetailsV2.tsx b/src/frontend/src/views/ProjectDetailsV2.tsx
index b1cb292918..d3b622e94f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/views/ProjectDetailsV2.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/views/ProjectDetailsV2.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ import { useAppSelector } from '@/types/reduxTypes';
 import Comments from '@/components/ProjectDetailsV2/Comments';
 import { Geolocation } from '@/utilfunctions/Geolocation';
 import Instructions from '@/components/ProjectDetailsV2/Instructions';
-import { CustomCheckbox } from '@/components/common/Checkbox';
 import useDocumentTitle from '@/utilfunctions/useDocumentTitle';
 import QrcodeComponent from '@/components/QrcodeComponent';
+import { Feature } from 'ol';
+import { Polygon } from 'ol/geom';
+import { Style } from 'ol/style';
+import { Stroke } from 'ol/style';
+import { entity_state } from '@/types/enums';
 
 const ProjectDetailsV2 = () => {
   useDocumentTitle('Project Details');
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ const ProjectDetailsV2 = () => {
   const taskModalStatus = CoreModules.useAppSelector((state) => state.project.taskModalStatus);
   const authDetails = CoreModules.useAppSelector((state) => state.login.authDetails);
   const entityOsmMap = useAppSelector((state) => state?.project?.entityOsmMap);
+  const projectDetails = useAppSelector((state) => state.project.projectInfo);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (state.projectInfo.name) {
@@ -251,6 +256,48 @@ const ProjectDetailsV2 = () => {
     dispatch(GetEntityInfo(`${import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL}/projects/${projectId}/entities/statuses`));
   }, []);
 
+  // filter rejected entity
+  const filterRejectedEntity = (features) => {
+    if (features?.length === 0) return [];
+    const badEntities = entityOsmMap?.filter((entity) => entity?.status === entity_state['MARKED_BAD']);
+
+    return badEntities?.map((entity) => {
+      const feature = features?.find((feature) => feature?.getProperties()?.osm_id === entity?.osm_id);
+      return feature;
+    });
+  };
+
+  // pulse rejected entity feature stroke effect
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!map) return;
+    let layer;
+    let width = 1;
+    let expanding = true;
+
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      const allLayers = map?.getAllLayers();
+      // layer representing bad entities
+      layer = allLayers?.find((layer) => layer.getProperties().name === 'bad-entities');
+
+      if (expanding) {
+        width += 0.3;
+        if (width >= 6) expanding = false;
+      } else {
+        width -= 0.3;
+        if (width <= 1) expanding = true;
+      }
+
+      // apply style to the layer
+      layer.setStyle(
+        new Style({
+          stroke: new Stroke({ color: 'rgb(215,63,62,0.6)', width: width }),
+        }),
+      );
+    }, 50);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [map, entityOsmMap]);
+
   return (
     <div className="fmtm-bg-[#f5f5f5] !fmtm-h-[100dvh] sm:!fmtm-h-full">
       {/* Customized Modal For Generate Tiles */}
@@ -428,7 +475,7 @@ const ProjectDetailsV2 = () => {
                   }}
                 />
               )}
-              {dataExtractUrl && isValidUrl(dataExtractUrl) && dataExtractExtent && (
+              {dataExtractUrl && isValidUrl(dataExtractUrl) && dataExtractExtent && selectedTask && (
                 <VectorLayer
                   fgbUrl={dataExtractUrl}
                   fgbExtent={dataExtractExtent}
@@ -447,6 +494,30 @@ const ProjectDetailsV2 = () => {
                   zIndex={5}
                 />
               )}
+              {/* layer to display rejected entities */}
+              {dataExtractUrl &&
+                isValidUrl(dataExtractUrl) &&
+                projectDetails?.outline?.coordinates &&
+                entityOsmMap?.length > 0 && (
+                  <VectorLayer
+                    fgbUrl={dataExtractUrl}
+                    fgbExtent={new Feature({
+                      geometry: new Polygon(projectDetails?.outline?.coordinates).transform('EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857'),
+                    }).getGeometry()}
+                    viewProperties={{
+                      size: map?.getSize(),
+                      padding: [50, 50, 50, 50],
+                      constrainResolution: true,
+                      duration: 2000,
+                    }}
+                    mapOnClick={projectClickOnTaskFeature}
+                    style=""
+                    zoomToLayer
+                    zIndex={5}
+                    processGeojson={(features) => filterRejectedEntity(features)}
+                    layerProperties={{ name: 'bad-entities' }}
+                  />
+                )}
               <AsyncPopup
                 map={map}
                 popupUI={lockedPopup}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/views/SubmissionDetails.tsx b/src/frontend/src/views/SubmissionDetails.tsx
index d4ebb214af..a2c98f0e5a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/views/SubmissionDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/views/SubmissionDetails.tsx
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ const SubmissionDetails = () => {
                       taskId: taskId,
                       reviewState: restSubmissionDetails?.__system?.reviewState,
                       taskUid: taskUid,
+                      entity_id: restSubmissionDetails?.feature,
+                      label: restSubmissionDetails?.meta?.entity?.label,
                     }),
                   );
                 }}
diff --git a/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/flatgeobuf-layer.svelte b/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/flatgeobuf-layer.svelte
index 5dc856ec6f..78cc1f4da5 100644
--- a/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/flatgeobuf-layer.svelte
+++ b/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/flatgeobuf-layer.svelte
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		metadataFunc?: (headerMetadata: HeaderMeta) => void;
 		promoteId?: string;
 		children?: Snippet;
-		processGeojson?: (geojson: GeoJSON) => GeoJSON;
+		processGeojson?: (geojson: FeatureCollection) => FeatureCollection;
 		geojsonUpdateDependency?: any;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/main.svelte b/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/main.svelte
index 24444c844f..36728a100f 100644
--- a/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/main.svelte
+++ b/src/mapper/src/lib/components/map/main.svelte
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	import { polygon } from '@turf/helpers';
 	import { buffer } from '@turf/buffer';
 	import { bbox } from '@turf/bbox';
-	import type { Position, Geometry as GeoJSONGeometry, FeatureCollection } from 'geojson';
+	import type { Position, Geometry as GeoJSONGeometry, FeatureCollection, Feature } from 'geojson';
 
 	import LocationArcImg from '$assets/images/locationArc.png';
 	import LocationDotImg from '$assets/images/locationDot.png';
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 	let selectedBaselayer: string = $state('OSM');
 	let taskAreaClicked: boolean = $state(false);
 	let projectSetupStep: number | null = $state(null);
+	let lineWidth = $state(1); // Initial line width of the rejected entities
+	let expanding = true; // Whether the line is expanding
 
 	// Trigger adding the PMTiles layer to baselayers, if PmtilesUrl is set
 	let allBaseLayers: maplibregl.StyleSpecification[] = $derived(
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@
 		}
 	});
 
-	function addStatusToGeojsonProperty(geojsonData: FeatureCollection) {
+	function addStatusToGeojsonProperty(geojsonData: FeatureCollection): FeatureCollection {
 		return {
 			...geojsonData,
 			features: geojsonData.features.map((feature) => {
@@ -274,6 +276,26 @@
 		};
 	}
 
+	function getRejectedEntities(geojsonData: FeatureCollection): FeatureCollection {
+		const rejectedEntityStatusList = entitiesStore.entitiesStatusList.filter(
+			(entity) => entity.status === 'MARKED_BAD',
+		);
+		return {
+			...geojsonData,
+			features: rejectedEntityStatusList?.map((entity) => {
+				const feature = geojsonData.features.find((feature) => feature?.properties?.osm_id === entity.osmid);
+				return {
+					...feature,
+					properties: {
+						...feature?.properties,
+						status: entity.status,
+						entity_id: entity.entity_id,
+					},
+				};
+			}) as Feature[],
+		};
+	}
+
 	function zoomToProject() {
 		const taskBuffer = buffer(taskStore.featcol, 5, { units: 'meters' });
 		if (taskBuffer && map) {
@@ -296,6 +318,16 @@
 			await loadOfflinePmtiles(projectId);
 			selectedBaselayer = 'PMTiles';
 		}
+
+		setInterval(() => {
+			if (expanding) {
+				lineWidth += 0.3;
+				if (lineWidth >= 6) expanding = false; // Maximum width
+			} else {
+				lineWidth -= 0.3;
+				if (lineWidth <= 1) expanding = true; // Minimum width
+			}
+		}, 50); // Update every 50ms for smooth animation
 	});
 </script>
 
@@ -421,6 +453,8 @@
 					'#fae15f',
 					'SURVEY_SUBMITTED',
 					'#71bf86',
+					'MARKED_BAD',
+					'#fa1100',
 					'#c5fbf5', // default color if no match is found
 				],
 				'fill-outline-color': [
@@ -432,6 +466,8 @@
 					'#ffd603',
 					'SURVEY_SUBMITTED',
 					'#32a852',
+					'MARKED_BAD',
+					'#fa1100',
 					'#c5fbf5',
 				],
 			}}
@@ -442,8 +478,40 @@
 			layout={{ 'line-cap': 'round', 'line-join': 'round' }}
 			paint={{
 				'line-color': '#fa1100',
-				'line-width': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity], 1, 0],
-				'line-opacity': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity], 1, 0.35],
+				'line-width': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity || ''], 1, 0],
+				'line-opacity': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity || ''], 1, 0.35],
+			}}
+			beforeLayerType="symbol"
+			manageHoverState
+		/>
+	</FlatGeobuf>
+
+	<!-- pulse effect layer representing rejected entities -->
+	<FlatGeobuf
+		id="rejected-entities"
+		url={entitiesUrl}
+		extent={{ type: 'Polygon', coordinates: projectOutlineCoords }}
+		extractGeomCols={true}
+		promoteId="id"
+		processGeojson={(geojsonData) => getRejectedEntities(geojsonData)}
+		geojsonUpdateDependency={entitiesStore.entitiesStatusList}
+	>
+		<FillLayer
+			id="rejected-entity-fill-layer"
+			paint={{
+				'fill-opacity': 0.6,
+				'fill-color': '#9c9a9a',
+				'fill-outline-color': '#9c9a9a',
+			}}
+			beforeLayerType="symbol"
+			manageHoverState
+		/>
+		<LineLayer
+			layout={{ 'line-cap': 'round', 'line-join': 'round' }}
+			paint={{
+				'line-color': '#fa1100',
+				'line-width': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity || ''], 1, lineWidth],
+				'line-opacity': ['case', ['==', ['get', 'osm_id'], entitiesStore.selectedEntity || ''], 1, 0.35],
 			}}
 			beforeLayerType="symbol"
 			manageHoverState