Overview

• DDA bulldozed nearly 350 homes in Govindpuri’s Bhoomiheen JJ cluster on June 16 despite residents presenting valid occupancy papers.
• Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav accused the BJP-led government of razing longstanding settlements without first arranging proper rehabilitation.
• The party is demanding that evicted families be rehoused within a five-kilometre radius of their former colonies to safeguard livelihoods and children’s education.
• Congress leaders want the 45,000 flats built under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana to be allotted immediately to displaced jhuggi dwellers.
• Critics argue that the Jahan Jhuggi Waha Makaan scheme has shifted residents to distant sites like Narela, leaving its promise of nearby permanent housing unfulfilled.