The city government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it will complete, within six months, the rehabilitation process of slum dwellers, who were evicted from where they had been living before May 1998.
Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) told Justice Sudhershan Kumar Misra that the cabinet has taken a decision to complete the identification of slum dwellers who will be eligible for rehabilitation by March 31, 2014 and thereafter within two months, all rehabilitation process will be completed.
The response of DUCIB came on a contempt petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, on behalf of evicted slum dwellers, against it for failing to rehabilitate over 250 families, who were evicted by the authorities.
Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) told Justice Sudhershan Kumar Misra that the cabinet has taken a decision to complete the identification of slum dwellers who will be eligible for rehabilitation by March 31, 2014 and thereafter within two months, all rehabilitation process will be completed.
The response of DUCIB came on a contempt petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, on behalf of evicted slum dwellers, against it for failing to rehabilitate over 250 families, who were evicted by the authorities.