NEW DELHI, April 20 -- Despite being located in the heart of Delhi's posh Ram Krishna (RK) Puram, the unauthorised Anant Ram Dairy colony with a population of 3,500 residents that include educated and people employed in Government Departments such as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), advocates, and teachers is deprived of basic civic facilities.

Sixty-six-year-old Manudev Pehlvan said as the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) takes no interest in repairing pothole-ridden roads and picking up heap of garbage, residents pool money to get streets constructed during marriages or other important ceremonies. Other residents, mostly Gujjars, concurred with Pehlvan and said their several complaints have failed to prod the NDMC and the local...