For the last four years, a Thane resident has been fighting with a local builder to be allotted a flat in a building which stands on the land his where slum used to be. The battle, says Vilas Sonawane’s wife Vandana, has taken such a toll on him, that in June this year the 39-year-old civil works contractor suffered a stroke, leaving the left side of his body paralysed.

Vilas Sonawane’s wife Vandana says relatives have been helping with household expenses since June when he suffered a stroke that left his left side paralysed. (below) Jaihind Co-operative Housing Society on Khartan Road in which the Sonawanes were promised a home