The monsoons are here in full swing, and there’s water everywhere — not so much the intermittent showers from the heavens above, but the filthy, muck-laden flood waters that they leave behind. And residents of the Jay Bharat Society in Khar are awaiting the deluge with particular apprehension and dread. Locals from this society, which flanks the railway tracks, have been complaining of severe water logging problems for years. Despite repeated complaints registered with the BMC and railways, they claim that the floods return unfailingly, every monsoon. The source of the problem, claim residents, is the choked culvert that passes under the railway tracks.

Keep deep: The Jay Bharat society was inundated in the monsoons last year, forcing residents to leave their homes, and spoiling furniture