India, Aug. 20 -- In Gurugram's affordable housing towers, the promise of modern living is giving way to frustration. Across several societies, residents are protesting against developers over unfulfilled promises, poor infrastructure, and unsafe conditions. The biggest flashpoint: the promised 24-metre-wide access roads that never materialised. With taxis refusing to enter, and elderly people and children struggling to step out safely, school-going children are among the worst affected.

From Signature Global City to ROF Alante and Pyramid Urban Homes, projects offered under Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana (DDJAY) and Haryana's Affordable Housing Policy, the story is the same: grand promises on paper, but broken on the ground. Residents alleg...