Recently 30 frustrated land owners and concerned citizens gathered outside the City Survey Office, in Santacruz (W). Holding banners that read ‘stop dalalgiri at the City Survey Office’ and ‘certified copies of plan and property cards should be given within three workings days and not one month’, protestors stood silently outside the City Survey Office, and protested against fraudulent land transfer, while transferring property in the name of their legal heirs. The protestors accused the City Survey Officers of demanding bribes and engaging in the alteration of land records.

Fighting for change: Nicholas Almeida (centre) with the protestors, gathered outside the City Survey Office, Vile Parle. Pics/Sayed Sameer Abedi