Every heavy rain show­er brings fresh con­cern for some fam­i­lies in Ridge­wood Gar­dens, Gol­con­da, as rain­wa­ter rush­es through a col­lapsed drain be­hind their homes, widen­ing cracks and wash­ing away soil.

Res­i­dents say sev­en homes have been af­fect­ed by ero­sion linked to the col­lapsed drain, which they claim has re­mained un­re­paired for more than five years de­spite re­peat­ed com­plaints to au­thor­i­ties.

They pre­sent­ed copies of let­ters ad­dressed to Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) chair­man Feeroze Khan, for­mer chair­man Noel Gar­cia and Pe­nal-Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion chair­man Gow­tam Ma­haraj.