Topic: Homeless
“Our homes were demolished by DDA and now…”: Displaced residents face double calamity as Yamuna floods ravage low-lying areas
As there is a severe flood alert warning across Delhi with the prediction of scattered rainfall, the residents living near the Yamuna floodplains are worried about the loss of their homes again and are left hopeless and helpless without any proper evacuation and rehabilitation.
Video: Tughlakabad demolition drive leaves thousands of families homeless
Last week, about 2.5 lakh people were rendered homeless after the demolition of nearly 1,000 homes in New Delhi's Tughlakabad. Despite the Delhi High...
Govt makes most disadvantaged sections homeless, Amnesty on Haldwani eviction
Amnesty India condemned the proposal of the Union government’s railway authorities to forcibly evict over 4000 families living in Banbhulpura area of Haldwani town in Uttarakhand following the order of the Uttarakhand high court.
Delhi: 5 years in transit camp, Kathputli colony residents wait for promised homes
“Gigantic bulldozers came. We tried but they didn’t stop. We all kept screaming but they didn’t even hear us, " says Romi, a 35-year-old artist from Kathputli colony— a suburb in Northeast Delhi.
We find Supreme Court order evicting slum dwellers discriminatory on several counts: Public statement
In August 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India ordered removal of 48000 slum dwellings that were around a 140-km railway track in Delhi without providing for any rehabilitation. A civil rights collective Public Bolti released a statement responding to the order. The statement is reproduced below.
Lockdown: Homeless longs for people to return
Words stammer and eyes fill as Safiullah reveals not many have turned up on the streets who would reach out to provide him food....
