From leaking ceilings to flaky walls: No end to woes of police colony residents
Hindustan TimesMumbai: When the urgent need for repair and maintenance of police quarters in Ghatkopar and Nehru Nagar was mooted during an internal meeting chaired by the police commissioner in December, families residing in these colonies hoped their troubles would subside soon. “The entire building is leaking, and water is seeping into every single flat,” Vaishali Awhad, a resident of the Nehru Nagar police colony which has 19 buildings with 40 flats each, told HT. “Our family members work day and night in the police, but when they come home, they are unable to even sleep properly owing to the poor condition of our quarters.” Reshma Karbal, another resident of the colony, echoed Awhad, saying the quarters leaked 24x7 during the monsoons. “There is just one police officer for taking care of housing problems in all the police colonies,” he said. Housing societies have a collective decision-making system to deal with maintenance and related issues, but police colonies have no such thing,” he said.
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