Mohali, April 30 -- Almost half of the dwellers at the Sushma Valencia housing complex in Zirakpur having 700 residential units - nearly 600 of which were occupied till one and a half months ago - have shifted lock, stock and barrel as the developers allegedly went incommunicado, abandoning the maintenance work in mid-March. Residents said the disappearance of the building plunged the complex into a crisis with a large number of residential units sans electricity meters who have to pay up to Rs.45 per unit for drawing power through diesel generators.

Residents said five or six families are leaving the complex daily due to the worsening living conditions. "Security staff members have been reduced from 18 to just three," they said.

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