Lt Governor orders immediate rehabilitation of 900 families
29 Dec 2013 5:15 AM IST
The Indian Railway personnel carried out the demolition drive on Thursday morning to free the railway land from ‘encroachers’.Around 175 homes were demolished leaving 900 people homeless, which included 500 children and 250 of them were aged three or under.
The LG has asked the chief executive officer of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to arrange for the ‘immediate rehabilitation’ of the people left homeless.
According to workers of NGO, Humana People to People India, who reached the venue, over 900 families were rendered homeless in an encroachment removal initiative by the Indian Railways ‘without any prior notice’.
Among the many others was Sonia, whose shelter was razed few hours after she gave birth to her baby. Shivering and hungry by nightfall, the people burned left-over items and waste material to light up the fire and spend the night.
Chief executive officer of the DUSIB, Amar Nath said that there are two night shelter homes set up by the body in 2010, one for the men and one for the women, which are inadequate to accommodate so many people.
The LG has asked the chief executive officer of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to arrange for the ‘immediate rehabilitation’ of the people left homeless.
According to workers of NGO, Humana People to People India, who reached the venue, over 900 families were rendered homeless in an encroachment removal initiative by the Indian Railways ‘without any prior notice’.
Among the many others was Sonia, whose shelter was razed few hours after she gave birth to her baby. Shivering and hungry by nightfall, the people burned left-over items and waste material to light up the fire and spend the night.
Chief executive officer of the DUSIB, Amar Nath said that there are two night shelter homes set up by the body in 2010, one for the men and one for the women, which are inadequate to accommodate so many people.
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