As the water level of the wells situated on the premises of three buildings on the Jagannath Shankar Sheth road (JSS) goes down further, with one of them completely drying up, members of Mumbai's Parsi community continue to slug it out with the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC). Rejecting the latter's claims that "seasonal fluctuations" were affecting the water level, the residents of the buildings have written back to MMRC demanding a thorough investigation to find out the cause behind the depletion.

No connection at all

In their response to the concerns raised by the residents of Karim Manzil, Singapuri and Sukhadwala buildings, the MMRC had denied any connection between construction of the Metro III tunnel underneath the JSS road and the steadily dropping water levels of the wells. It had also claimed that the data related to the water level collected before, during and after the tunneling work shows a consistent trend.