The cops at Byculla station dread the monsoon. So do most Mumbaikars, but for these cops even one hour of rain means they have to spend the rest of the day in ankle or knee deep water. Fed up of the inconvenience, this year the cops have placed a two-and-a-half-foot high makeshift ramp in the hope of overcoming the problem. Owing to the police station's heritage status, neither the cops nor the civic body can alter the construction to avoid water flooding the premises. Cops now hope that the ramp will ensure they don't have to wade through water all day on rainy days.

Located at Byculla junction, the police station was built in 1924. The ground plus one structure is made by wood and rocks. Every monsoon, along with Hindmata, Byculla police station gets severely waterlogged. On June 6, this year, the station house, the cabin of senior police inspector and the entire ground floor of the police station had got flooded with knee deep water. Water-logging also affects the furniture and the functioning of electronic equipment at the police station.