Residents of Khandwala Compound Road in Vakola have been waging a two-year battle with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over poor civic upkeep — from waterlogged, uneven kutcha roads during the monsoon to uncollected garbage piles that now line their street.
Residents of these housing societies have filed multiple complaints with the civic body over uncollected garbage piled up on the road at the entrance of their buildings over the past two weeks. Between August 18 and August 29, 2025, they lodged four separate complaints with the BMC, but none have been resolved so far.
The heaps of garbage lying unattended on Khandwala Compound Road, Vakola. Pic/By Special Arrangement
Between September 16 and September 29, 2025, residents of Amity Apartments in Khandwala Compound — one of the four affected buildings — escalated the issue by calling the civic body’s 1916 Disaster Management helpline.
“Several complaints were made to the BMC about the garbage piles on the street,” said Yatin Shah, a resident representative from Amity Apartments. “We have complaint numbers that remain open even today. Despite repeated reminders to the ward office about the accumulated waste, nothing has been done — the garbage still lies unattended.”
The issue
mid-day had earlier reported, in June, that residents of four housing societies located along Vakola’s Khandwala Compound Road have been struggling with poor internal road conditions and severe waterlogging during the monsoon. Once the rainwater drains, the area turns into a dumping ground, with garbage accumulating along the stretch.
As this road serves as the main access point for these buildings, residents have now highlighted that mounds of solid waste continue to lie unattended despite repeated complaints. Four complaints have been filed with the civic body, but none have been resolved, and the complaint numbers remain open. The road has been designated as a DP road by the BMC — one that appears in the city’s Development Plan (DP), prepared every two decades. Such roads, including existing internal ones, are mapped to ensure vital connectivity between neighbourhoods.
Authority speak
According to BMC complaint records, the H East Ward Office has been notified about the issue of uncollected garbage from Khandwala Compound in Vakola. An official from the BMC helpline told mid-day, “The complaint received from Vakola was forwarded to the H East ward office for redressal” ‘complained so many times.’
Nimesh Chitalia, a resident of Amity Apartments
‘People living in nearby localities drop garbage on the road outside our society. This is a recurring problem, and we have complained to BMC so many times. A small garbage collection van does a round every morning to collect garbage. Sometimes, mounds of garbage outside our society are cleared by this van. However, there is no system in place to collect garbage’
Yatin Shah, a resident representative from Amity Apartments
‘Several complaints were made to the BMC about the garbage piles on the street’
