Chheda Nagar Chembur residents have started repairing their internal roads on their own. A front page report in this paper stated recently that work began in one of the sectors of the housing colony. The repairs, running into R5.50 lakh, have been fully funded by residents of the housing societies in the area, who have also hired a private road contractor for the work.

Considering that Chheda Nagar itself is mammoth, connecting 110 residential buildings in 62 housing societies and housing 7,000 residents, the fact that they have come together to alleviate their suffering because of bad roads is worthy of a round of applause. To coordinate this effort and get it going must have been a humungous task. It is unfortunate that tax paying residents who are told that they live near 'private' roads have to shell out from their pocket to repair infra.