With her shanty going under water, Sonpari with her 4-day-old son was forced to sit on the roadside while waiting for the arrival of her mother from Hisar. The story was similar for Radha who had given birth to a baby girl just four days back. With the baby in her lap, she hoped for help from the administration. Though MC officials asked slum dwellers to board a bus so that they could taken to a safe place, some of people were reluctant to leave the site and stayed put on land near their flooded shanties.