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Thane residents in rental colonies say 'We are living in hell', blame TMC
Updated On: 06 November, 2023 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
EXCLUSIVE » Thane residents moved by the municipal corporation to rental colonies accuse it of dumping them in shoddy and suffocating buildings; demand basic services from civic body
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Resident Bharti Gawali indicates the non-functional lift in the rental colony in Khewra Circle, Thane. (bottom) Residents have demanded solid waste management and sanitation services from the TMC. Pics/Anurag Ahire
People displaced from slums in Thane and Kalwa and temporarily housed in rental colonies by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) have claimed that they are having to survive in hellish conditions. Despite paying rent to the TMC, the tenants waiting for their redeveloped houses are having to face widespread leakages, overflowing drains, lack of sanitation and shoddy maintenance.
Mahesh Mishra was put up in a building in Khewra Circle in Thane six years ago by the TMC after the slum in Haridas Nagar where he resided was razed to make way for a road. “There is zero maintenance. Only two out of four elevators are working. There are leakages on every floor. The building is a high rise with 22 floors but the fire fighting system is defunct. We are waiting for our slum to get redeveloped so that we can get a permanent house. Until then we have to stay here and pay rent to the TMC. Yet the TMC does not maintain the building.”
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