A police chowky at Nana Chowk is going through one of the most challenging phases in its century of existence. The 100-year-old chowky near the skywalk has been plunged into darkness for the past three months. The civic authorities at D ward (where Nana Chowk falls) and the police here are at loggerheads. The former want the cops to relocate to some newly made cabins around the corner, saying the chowky is on the dilapidated list.

The new cabins are a few metres ahead of the chowky. The police have obdurately refused to move to the alternative site claiming that the spot is notorious for flooding. As a result of the logjam, the electricity to the chowky has been cut off by the BMC, and cops have been functioning in the dark and without fans at this key SoBo spot for months now. The chowky is the proverbial stone's throw away from Gamdevi police station and located at the mouth of the Nana Chowk fire station.