It’s been 10 years that teachers and the management of the 175-year-old St. Elias High School in Khar West have been complaining about the illegal shanties that have swallowed the footpath outside its gate, leaving little room for parents and kids to manoeuvre traffic on their way out at the end of classes.

The civic authorities say that in fact, some of the shanties that crowd the gate of St Elias School in Khar West are authorized and hence, their residents will have to be offered alternate accommodation