Concreting work carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Andheri East has created a height difference of one-and-a-half feet between the ground level of the Crescent Grande building and the surface of Old Nagardas Road, making entering and exiting the housing society’s premises a Herculean task for motorists. Meanwhile, in Kalina, a drain that rises above road level has been similarly menacing residents of four buildings. Shailesh Savla, a committee member of the Crescent Grande, told mid-day, “Before this stretch was concreted, the asphalt road outside was only half a foot lower than the building’s ground level. There was a ramp so we could easily drive on to the road.”

The Marigold building in Kalina, which is being impacted by an under-construction drain that rises above road level