transit camp the couple who were from bhendi bazaar a muslim locality felt reassured many joint families who lived happily together in a chawl prefer to sell the new flat and buy two properties in the suburbs those who have ventured into the bohra complex are in awe of their furnished flats and spankingclean facilities not to mention the high security they are very nice educated people says vilas sangle a headmaster in a local school the former textile mill areas diminishing number of chimneys and chawls are dwarfed today by a dense cluster of 24storey highrises each fitted with about 280 flats that have come up in the central new hind mills mhada society but the issue fizzled out after two buildings were allotted for local projects traditional maharashtrian art forms like tamasha and the dance form lavani also have few takers among the youth many of the new tenants are maharashtrians a sizable chunk of them muslim an sbut official calls them training homes to prepare residents for their new lifestyle burhan jumps from everywhere possible in the house says vaghela shouting govinda ala re madke phodaila the bohras arrival was initially opposed by ghodapdeo residents who objected to transit accommodations being handed over to outsiders while locals whose chawls have been demolished were moved to farflung locations someone called the police and so we had to stop the music at 1030 pm says shubha karade but most of their flats are being rented out to pay off the home loan sandwiched between kala chowki and rani bagh ghodapdeo is named after a local deity who was worshipped by kunbis and kolis packers and movers help residents move into their new homes which are furnished with a carpet cupboard curtains geyser and washing machine twelve of the 18 mhada buildings were sold to mill workers families the most prominent of the newcomers are the 550 muslim families from bhendi bazaar an overwhelming majority of whom are dawoodi bohra the highsecurity selfcontained bubble of their buildings might prevent some older dawoodi bohra residents from exploring the neighbourhood