Defence Colony, Kotla Mubarakpur: 2 sides of same poll

It was a tale of two neighbourhoods separated by much more than the road dividing them. On Sunday, even as barred gates and empty streets spelled out voter apathy at Defence Colony, adjacent Kotla Mubarakpur saw voters queuing up on roads littered with trash, complaining of age-old issues – lack of water, sanitation and unauthorised construction.