The ‘heritage’ tag has been haunting some in the city. Ever since the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared some residential buildings to be of heritage value in 2012, senior citizens in the Dadar, Matunga, King’s Circle areas have to live in constant fear that the building may collapse, as the structures are very old. This is because the BMC will not permit them to conduct the much-needed repair work, since the Heritage committee doesn’t allow any modification of heritage structures.

S Jayaram points to the broken celiing. Pic/Sameer Markande