Locals protest water shortage

MUMBAI: Mira-Bhayandar residents on Saturday protested against the perennial shortage of water, load-shedding and poor health facilities in the area. The local BJP unit also organised a morcha and hunger-strike outside the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation.
"Corruption is the only thing that is flourishing in Mira-Bhayandar," said Sreedhar Mandke, who lives in Bhayandar.According to residents, water is being diverted to construction sites in the area. Local corporator Milind Mhatre said the HC had directed the corporation to build a 200-bed hospital more than a year ago but there had been no progress.
"The need for a full-fledged hospital has been upheld by the HC but the corporation is yet to act," Mhatre added.