Broken benches, uprooted grass, mounds of unlevelled earth and a run-down structure that serves as a gate, this is the dilapidation of a local Kalina plot which once boasted of a scenic lake. Thanks to large scale encroachment, the 7.5 acre Kalina Talao, which includes a surrounding plot, near the well-known Our Lady of Egypt Church, has become out of bounds for locals.

Broken benches at the playground in Kalina. The ground has become inaccessible to the residents. Pics/Swarali Purohit