India, Oct. 15 -- For residents of Signature View Apartments, the festive spirit of Diwali has been replaced with heartbreak and disappointment, as they scrambled through packed boxes on Tuesday.
The power supply to the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA's) residential complex in Mukherjee Nagar was disconnected a day earlier, after the court-set deadline to vacate expired on October 12.
"Festivals are ruined for us. When we should be busy decorating our homes for Diwali, we are shifting and moving," said Shilpi, one of the residents, while holding two plastic bags stuffed with clothes and rushing towards her car.
Vicky, her husband, waiting in the car to return to their rented accommodation in Mukherjee Nagar, said, "A person builds the...