India, May 21 -- Residents of Bhakti Park in Wadala are trapped in limbo as civic and law and order concerns begin to unsettle one of Mumbai's premium residential enclaves. On Wednesday, members of the Bhakti Park Wadala Co-operative Housing Societies Association, representing ten housing societies with over 2,300 flats and more than 10,000 residents, joined a joint inspection with M West ward committee chairperson Asha Marathe, BMC officials and police.

As they presented a host of civic issues, ranging from flooding and water shortage to a non-functional sewage treatment plant (STP), encroachments and alleged drug peddling in their locality, the BMC said it has no jurisdiction over the private layout.

Bhakti Park, still under developme...