Stairway to Heaven- Behrampada Bandra East

Stairway to Heaven- Behrampada Bandra East, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

From the ground floor this ladder went up the fourth floor sometimes the fifth floor , now when the fire struck, imagine their plight , families lived as tenants on the top floor , the landlord on the bottom floor, or in some cases the industrial units were on the ground floor the land lords on the top floor..
Now imagine running out from these houses where only one man can move out of the lane , the other man has to wait till the first man crosses..this was a calamity of negligence .

The fire was allegedly a short circuit, there were touts who sold illegal electricity..to the industrial units..I am told ..the fire started at the Makrani Lane ..as I entered inside there was fire that had not yet died down..

The Mumbai Police cadres were taking the survey of the houses and the people, bedsheets , utensils were being offered as relief by various Muslim institutions , the Jamatis were in great strength here with a medical camp as the denizens of this area were Sunnis..predominantly.. mostly migrants from Uttar Pradesh.

The Maharashtra Cheif Minister had visited the disaster area and offered relief..his detractors say it is all a political gimmick to garner votes for the assembly elections..so beneath the layer of this disaster there is a power struggle too, everyone wants to take credit ..I gathered this from the talk all around.,

The Bhangar guys were having a field day buying the iron , the burnt machinery and other stuff..the homeless selling off their junk to feed hungry mouths..it is a very sad day for this community of deprived souls..