Overview

• Varanasi administrators state the bulldozer work targeted only properties where compensation was paid and left court‑stayed portions of the Shahid house intact.
• The ancestral, four‑storey property has nine co‑owners, and officials say six accepted compensation while three portions are covered by stay orders.
• PWD officials say about 10% of the compensated owners’ section of the building was removed, with care taken not to disturb the main roof or unaffected areas.
• The widening covers 9.325 km from Kachahari to Ashapur, with roughly 325 metres left; officials report 13 houses cleared so far in the latest stretch.
• Shahid’s widow Parveen says she received payment and does not object, while other relatives allege they were unpaid and opposition leaders Ajay Rai and Chandra Shekhar Azad criticize the move.