This paper has reported about residents at an upscale residential property suffering hugely because of the housekeeping staff being on strike for 20 days. The staff went on strike because of a delay in wages by the builder. These residential buildings have not formed co-operative housing societies as yet. Since the strike is ongoing, there is garbage everywhere — on the stairs, in the stairwells, in the common areas. The report stated how residents are bracing for disease and are opting for solutions like traipsing out with their garbage, or, paying housekeeping privately to dispose of the rubbish.

The bigger menace is stray dogs inside the colony, on the stairs, and inside the lifts. The dogs, who actually trail residents into the building, can be extremely aggressive and unrelenting because they are keen on getting the garbage-filled bags. Most residents are wary and back away when they come across the canines, who may turn dangerous if stopped. There has to be a solution for people living in these towers. They face a huge hygiene problem, and one can expect an outbreak of disease if this continues. Buildings must first of all move quickly to become housing societies as the big advantage here is that control comes in the hands of the residents.