The ongoing road concreting work in Santacruz West has turned into a nightmare for residents of TPS 6. Over the past two to three months, they’ve faced frequent electricity cuts, disrupted water supply and, on Wednesday, a gas leak after a contractor damaged a Mahanagar Gas pipeline while digging up an old road.

Resident Ashin Shah said the repeated digging has severely damaged essential infrastructure—the power supply line has been hit five times, and the water pipeline twice. “The reverse pressure has damaged our main water pumps. Heavy machinery is operated late at night, and large iron pipes were once thrown from a truck onto the road at 1 am. There’s no supervision or monitoring on site. It’s chaos,” he said.