The lockdown has brought major pre-monsoon repairs of many residential buildings to a halt in Mumbai and MMR. Hundreds of buildings have had their external plaster removed or have broken terraces because of incomplete waterproofing work.

Contractors and civil engineers had assured people of completing the work before the onset of monsoon. But residents are worried that if the work doesn't happen, they will not have to battle Coronavirus, but also manage in damp homes with seepage. Such living conditions, health experts say, will only lead to more respiratory infections.