Two areas in the western suburbs are being taken over by shanties that are growing faster than the infrastructure projects in the city, but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) either keeps its head buried in the sand or, when pressed to take action, resorts to the old trick of passing the buck.

Nuisance: The squatters have made their homes next to the pipeline near the Mahim Causeway.u00a0Pic/Pradeep Dhviar