• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
    • Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
    • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
    • The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations
    • How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
    • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
    • Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
    • Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
    • When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims
    • June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life
    • Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

Ad
OTHERS ARE

Reading icon icon

  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    1

    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
    2

    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
  • Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
    3

    Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
    4

    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
  • The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations
    5

    The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations
  • How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
    6

    How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
  • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
    7

    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
  • Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
    8

    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
  • Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
    9

    Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
  • When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims
    10

    When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims
Viral Video

Watch: Man sits on flooded road to protest against waterlogging in his house in Vasai, Maharashtra

Ashok Talajya, a 70-year-old resident of Vasai, has reportedly been asking the authorities since 2017 to have the drains cleaned.

Scroll Staff
Jul 20, 2021 · 01:02 pm
Read in App

The elderly man Ashok Talajiya said his ground floor home gets flooded every year even in moderate rain as the nullah is choked. @mid_day @patel_bhupen https://t.co/DEieRTAEAx pic.twitter.com/2CjxcuEcRt

— Diwakar Sharma (@DiwakarSharmaa) July 20, 2021
We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in.
  • Maharashtra
  • Waterlogging
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS

Related

Watch: Eight comic acts that sum up fans’ frustration after missing out on Coldplay tickets

Watch: Eight comic acts that sum up fans’ frustration after missing out on Coldplay tickets

Trending

  1. UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  2. Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
  3. Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’

    Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
  4. ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
  5. The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations

    The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations
Ad