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'Powerless' topper flunks exam

Ten-year-old Mayank Padmakar, who usually tops his class, failed in four subjects this year after the BMC disconnected water and power supply of the entire Amar Mahal building in Chembur where he lives. The building has been declared unsafe but six families, including his, continue to live there

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Six families residing at Chembur’s Amar Mahal residential society are living with out water and power for the past six months after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) M-west ward served an evacuation notice to the residents.


Mayank Padmakar and Isha Padmakar, u00a0residents of Amar Mahal, studying with the help of candles after the electric connection to their home was disconnected by the BMC. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi

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