Tag: Slum Demolition

As Khyber Pass demolitions get preponed to Sept 15, residents decry decision

Despite legal precedents for rehabilitation in the event of demolition, the residents of Khyber Pass are left to fend for themselves, many considering euthanasia

Delhi’s Sunder nursery basti demolished, residents displaced

As part of plans for gentrification drive, the basti located near Delhi’s Sundar nursery was recently demolished, rendering hundreds of people homeless and without shelter in decreasing temperatures.

G20 related evictions and violence on India’s poor must stop: Jury

G20 has become an extra constitutional event, not abiding by the rule of law, were the preliminary remarks made by a jury at a public hearing on “Forced Evictions” organised by concerned citizens in New Delhi; G20 related evictions and violence on the poor must stop.

Aftermath of Demolition Drive in Tughlakabad: Hunger and Homelessness Rife

Exhausted by trying all means of justice, Tughlakabad residents start hunger strike

Even “encroachers” need to be rehabilitated says Courts

The Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court have, in separate judgements over demolition drives, stressed upon the need for a rehabilitation plan for all those displaced

K’taka HC tells state govt to rebuild burnt down shanties to protect right to shelter

The huts of migrant workers were burnt down by miscreants during lockdown and the court held that it was the state’s duty to protect right to shelter

Armed men with JCB machines target migrant workers in B’luru

The men razed over 30 dwellings rendering around 150 people homeless

Demolitions in Mumbai’s Behrampada before Eid

More houses in Behrampada may get razed right before...

Harassment and Molestation after Slum demolitions routine: Women speak on March 8, 2018

This International Working Women’s day, March 8, 2018 saw...

The Right to Home and Hearth

Image Courtesy: eprahaar.in Olga Tellis on Arbitrary Evictions Olga Tellis recalls...

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