More than two lakh people lost their homes in CWG-related projects
As per rough estimates prepared by the Housing and Land Rights Network NGO, more than two lakh people lost their homes in different Games-related projects. People rendered homeless due to forced eviction and displacement during the Commonwealth Games gathered in the capital. At least 200 homes in Dargah Bhure Shah camp and Madrasi camp falling along the Barapullah drain were demolished. Some inhabitants were given plots in Savda Ghera in northwest Delhi but a significant number of people remain homeless.
Social activists alleged that no prior notices were served and household items were crushed under bulldozers. Three schools were also demolished in the run-up to the CWG — Pragati Wheel School on the banks of Yamuna river, Deepshikha Primary School in Gurgaon and another school in Viklang Basti. Poor people street vendors and construction workers lost all their possessions. Activists demanded that the government agencies looking into corruption charges against Games officials should also look into the human rights violations. Activists also demanded immediate return of Rs 678.91 crore diverted from the special component plan (Scheduled Caste Sub Plan) for the purpose of the Commonwealth Games by the end of the financial year 2010-11.
On a day when Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Barapullah elevated road, slum dwellers and poor labourers evicted during its construction were crying for attention.People rendered homeless gathered in the capital to demand probe into the alleged atrocities of the state government and wanted immediate rehabilitation plan.
Barapullah drain, Barapullah elevated road, Dargah Bhure Shah camp, Delhi NCR, Greater Noida, Housing and Land Rights Network NGO, Land scam, Madrasi camp, Noida Land Scam, People lost homes in CWG project, Savda Ghera in northwest Delhi
