Families start shifting from Kathputli Colony, says DDA
1 March 2014 5:55 AM IST
‘The families have started shifting today to the transit camp at Anand Parbat. And, in two years time, they will have their flats ready to be occupied at the Colony,’ a senior DDA official said.
Named after the colourful community of puppeteers and artists, Kathputli Colony, is a slum cluster in west Delhi’s Shadipur area housing about 3,000 families who earn their livelihood by practising their arts. Under the proposed plan, a public-private-partnership (PPP) project between DDA and Raheja Developers, the families will be provided flats.
There have been reports of dissent among a few families who said ‘some wanted to stay in the colony only’, which they said ‘was conducive to the kind of work they do’.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said ‘most of the families want to shift and is it only a handful, which have some vested interest and opposing it. I believe some slum-lords are there who are using threat tactics to stop families from shifting,’ the official said.
‘We are offering them clean accommodation compared to the unhygienic one-room shanties they live in. And we are offering them a house larger than an average EWS scheme one.And even at the transit camps, they will get all the facilities including electricity and anganwadis,’ the official added.
Named after the colourful community of puppeteers and artists, Kathputli Colony, is a slum cluster in west Delhi’s Shadipur area housing about 3,000 families who earn their livelihood by practising their arts. Under the proposed plan, a public-private-partnership (PPP) project between DDA and Raheja Developers, the families will be provided flats.
There have been reports of dissent among a few families who said ‘some wanted to stay in the colony only’, which they said ‘was conducive to the kind of work they do’.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said ‘most of the families want to shift and is it only a handful, which have some vested interest and opposing it. I believe some slum-lords are there who are using threat tactics to stop families from shifting,’ the official said.
‘We are offering them clean accommodation compared to the unhygienic one-room shanties they live in. And we are offering them a house larger than an average EWS scheme one.And even at the transit camps, they will get all the facilities including electricity and anganwadis,’ the official added.
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