Milind Deora, former MP from South Mumbai, underlines the lack of coordination. “The real issue is who represents this city. Regardless of party politics, too many agencies (such as the BMC, departments of state government, fire, railways etc) are reporting to different bosses. Consequently, there is no cohesive plan, no one is in charge of the city in times of disasters. I have seen this in 2005, during terror attacks and now. Unless there is direct election for the Mayor’s post and he or she is empowered to take decisions, such collapse cannot be prevented. At the moment, no one is running the city.”