It's been five days since the wall collapsed on the shanties of Pimpripada and Ambedkar Nagar in Malad East. The survivors have lost almost everything. They have been living with their neighbours, or sleeping on the leftover wooden slats, or staying at hospitals, where their family members have been admitted. Government officials are planning to relocate the families to Mahul.

The locals we met weren't aware of this decision, but when informed of it said that they weren't willing to move as their livelihood was in Malad. Most of the families mentioned that no politician or local corporator had come forward to help, but the families were being provided meals three times a day by a few social workers and NGOs.