Locals have put up posters announcing their decision across the village. Pic/Hanif Patel

Decades of pleas and prayers later, residents of Mira Road village Varasaave have taken a stand. The villagers – who have been forced to bid adieu to their loved ones under plastic sheets or tarpaulin on a pyre in a forested land due to the lack of a crematorium in the area – have decided to boycott municipal elections until their demands are met. Their slogan: No crematorium, no vote.