The six-member team had gone there to conduct a ground survey for the first model housing complex in the city, scheduled to come up by the end of 2010. The KMC had announced the construction of 200 housing units in the first phase for the residents of Hatgachia bustee in October 2007. About 7,000 people reside in the area. Each housing unit will have a room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

The private survey team, inspecting the ground on behalf of the KMC, entered the slum this morning and interacted with the residents. They faced resistance only after the team started registering names of the local. The team had to return without completing the work. The survey will start afresh from February 20, said KMC sources.