Residents who have called Kharodi Gaothan home for over 60 years are fuming that the BMC is tearing down their hamlet like it's nothing more than a slum colony, rather than a part of Mumbai's heritage. The locals are upset that the authorities are offering them tiny slum rehab apartments in return for their ancestral homes. To add insult to injury, civic officials started demolition on June 12, leaving them without a roof in the middle of the monsoon.

The 60-odd houses are to be demolished in a bid to widen Malad's Marve road. The home owners say these houses are part of a gaothan that has existed for over 60 years, and tearing them down will result in loss of Mumbai's heritage. They're even more upset that they're being pushed out of their roomy cottages and offered cramped flats under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA).