New Delhi: Senior AAP Leader and Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday shed light on the dire situation surrounding the demolition of homes in Delhi.
“The DDA, directly under the jurisdiction of the LG of Delhi, has issued notices to demolish the homes of Hindu refugees from Pakistan, who have been living near the Gurudwara close to the Majnu Ka Tilla for the past approximately 13 years. They have been told to vacate the place by packing up their belongings and the DDA is going to demolish their homes on March 7 and 8 using bulldozers. I want to know what enmity the LG has with the poor people living in ‘jhuggis’ in different parts of Delhi?” he said.
The AAP leader highlighted a disturbing trend of demolitions affecting Delhi’s impoverished communities since the arrival of the new Lieutenant Governor (LG). With the DDA and the Land and Development Office playing pivotal roles under the LG’s purview, the Delhi Minister questioned the motives behind these actions, urging clarity on the perceived enmity towards the city’s marginalized population.
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Saurabh Bhardwaj questioned the Centre’s handling of the situation, raising doubts about the efficacy of the LG’s oversight and sparking calls for immediate intervention to address the housing crisis plaguing the nation’s capital.
The AAP leader said that there has been a significant uproar in the Delhi Legislative Assembly in recent days regarding the continuous demolition of people’s homes in various parts of Delhi.
The party said that notices have also been distributed by the central agencies to demolish the slum settlements located near the Gurudwara close to Majnu Ka Tilla on Wednesday and the day before. “Those poor helpless people have packed up all their belongings in fear of the central government’s bulldozers,” Bharadwaj said.
“The agencies of the central government, be it DDA, L and DO, Railways, or Archaeological Survey of India, are continuously involved in demolishing the homes of people living in Delhi’s poor ‘jhuggis’ under the central government’s control. In this, the biggest role has been played by the DDA and the L and DO,” said Bhardwaj.
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