As reported in TOI by Shalini Nair on Monday , Nov 23, 2009
Some have no water, some no electricity and some neither. After the initial euphoria over the draw of lots for MHADA flats, most of the buyers find they cannot move into their brand new homes, with the taps dry and no electricity supply.
Lots had been drawn for 3,863 flats in May, and MHADA plans to issue forms in December for its next lot of 4000-odd houses in Ghatkopar, Dahisar, Versova, Mankhurd, Malvani and Sion.
In the six months since their allotment, very few of the flats of the first batch have been occupied. In many colonies, electricity is being provided on a temporary basis, leaving lifts unworkable. In some, like Kanara Engineering in Ghatkopar, there is no electricity at all. Water supply is yet to start at Kannamwar Nagar and Tagore Nagar in Vikhroli, Shailendra Nagar in Dahisar, Shastri Nagar in Goregaon and at Versova. At Pratiksha Nagar in Sion, there is neither water nor electricity.
