Amid rising temperatures, residents of Mumbai’s Khar Danda Koliwada are reeling under a severe water crisis that has disrupted daily life and raised concerns over basic civic infrastructure. What was earlier an intermittent issue has now become a persistent problem for locals (Pics/Aditi Pawar and by special arrangement)

Residents of Siddharth Nagar’s Patra Chawl in Goregaon have begun an indefinite chain hunger strike, protesting against substandard construction in the long-delayed redevelopment project. They have raised serious concerns over leakages, falling plaster, hollow walls, poor-quality doors, incomplete work, and inadequate parking facilities. (PICS/ Manjeet Thakur, Anushree Gaikwad)