Come rain, fire, or a brand-new autorickshaw stand, Bandra East won't stop slumming it. The slums near the congested railway station, demolished earlier this year after a Bombay High Court order, have started springing up again.

While there is no clarity on whether or not this construction is legal, Western Railway officials said these slums could either be of those residents who have approached HC, or they could have come up again since there is a status quo on the BMC's demolition drive in the area. The permanent autorickshaw stand has been made in the same space the slums once stood in an attempt to decongest it. But this hasn't deterred the previous residents from returning to reconstruct their demolished homes, a chunk of which were also destroyed in a massive fire last year. Despite the obvious hazards of the area, its former residents have come back again to remake houses near the railway tracks and the ticket window.