Spread across an area of 18.53 square km, the H-East ward covers areas such as Santacruz East, Khar East and Bandra East. While there are quite a few posh neighbourhoods here, like Kalanagar and Kherwadi, this ward is also home to several slum pockets. So while H-East ward suffers many of the problems common to Mumbai — bad roads, encroached footpaths — one of the biggest problems here is the lack of public toilets, forcing many of the slum dwellers to answer nature’s call out in the open.

Waterlogging is a recurring problem in this ward every monsoon, and locals say this is because the drains are not cleaned properly