Updated On: 16 August, 2024 06:51 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Most of them were living in fear and there was a sense of foreboding, which severely impacted their mental health.

Banners say it all at the protest. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
This newspaper ran an extensive report about occupants from LIC-owned buildings, spanning Matunga, Mahim and Dadar right to South Mumbai holding a protest at Azad Maidan.
Hundreds of these protesters were against what they claimed was high-handedness by the landlords’/owners’ team of inspectors. They claimed they were forced to switch to being lessees with little to no rights and exorbitant rent amounts, from the much more affordable pagdi rent.