By Sunil Kataria and Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp area heard that the G20 summit was to ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSNEW DELHI - When residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp area heard that the G20 summit was to be held in the Indian capital, barely 500 metres from their homes, they expected it would benefit them as well.
The demolitions started four months ago. Bulldozers visited Janta Camp on a hot morning in May, and video footage of the demolition shows temporary houses made of tin sheets being razed to the ground, as people who once called them home stand watching, some of them breaking down in tears. In 2021, Hardeep Singh Puri, the minister for housing and urban affairs, said in parliament that 13.5 million people reside in unauthorized colonies in Delhi.
India's Supreme Court ruled last month that squatters cannot claim the right to occupy public land. At best, they can seek time to vacate the public land and apply for rehabilitation, it said.At least 49 demolition drives were conducted in New Delhi between April 1 and July 27, with nearly 230 acres of government land being reclaimed, Kaushal Kishore, the junior minister for housing and urban affairs, said in parliament in July.
The family, which also includes Khushboo Devi's father, had been residing in their shanty for 13 years until they were asked to vacate the land"because the area had to be cleaned". Afterwards, they piled these into a three-wheeler which transported them to their new accommodation - a single room located 10 km away, for which they paid a monthly rent of 2,500 rupees .
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