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"No Slum Will Be Razed Without Rehabilitation": Delhi Chief Minister
In a move that could pause ongoing and future slum evictions across the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday ordered all agencies, including the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Indian Railways.
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"Will Not Let People Living In...": AAP vs BJP Over Delhi Slum Demolition
Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.
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PM Modi To Inaugurate Over 3,000 Flats For Delhi Slum Dwellers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation' Project.
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Slum Dwellers To Be Part Of Consultations Concerning Their Living: Manish Sisodia
Slum dwellers will now be part of the consultations held to explore ways to improve the living conditions of people living in these settlements in Delhi, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.
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Supreme Court Directs To Stop Slum Dwellers' Eviction In Delhi's Sarojini Nagar
The Supreme Court on Monday directed not to take any coercive action relating to the removal of 'jhuggis' in Sarojini Nagar area of the national capital until further orders.
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Provide "Pucca" Houses To Slum Dwellers Before Their Eviction: Satyendar Jain To Piyush Goyal
Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal regarding detailed plans to provide "pucca" houses to poor families living in 48,000 slums along railway tracks in the national capital.
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Will Work With Centre For Housing Delhi Slum Dwellers: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not let dwellers of slums encroaching on railway land in Delhi be displaced and his government will work with the Centre to provide houses to them.
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No Removal Of Slums Until Joint Decision Taken By Centre, Delhi: Railways
The Railways said on Monday it will not dismantle any encroachment without a proper decision taken jointly with the Urban Development Ministry and the Delhi government, after a political storm brewed over a Supreme Court order for removal of around 48,000 slum dwellings on rail land in the city.
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Arvind Kejriwal Should Shift Slum Dwellers To Vacant Housing Units: BJP
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal relocate the slum dwellers, whose shanties are going to be demolished following a recent Supreme Court order, in the over 50,000 vacant housing units of the city government.
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Forced, Unannounced Eviction Of Slum Dwellers Contrary To Law: High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday said forced and unannounced eviction of slum dwellers is contrary to law and the authorities should ensure that the displaced people are immediately rehabilitated.
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With New Addresses, Kolkata Slum Dwellers Unlock Opportunities
With more than 2,300 one-room brick homes and shops, Panchanantala in Kolkata is densely populated. The homes are tin roofs and crammed with stoves, trunks and furniture. With the intervention of Addressing the Unaddressed, a Dublin-based non-profit organisation, people got their own addresses in Kolkata’s slums. About 16,000 dwellings in nine s...
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Never Thought I Could Give My Kids A Pucca House: Delhi Slum Dweller
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 350 slum dwellers in Delhi as the state government allotted them flats on Monday. The slum dwellers, who had been living in the slums of Nehru Camp east Delhi’s Patparganj areas for decades, had an emotional meltdown when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them allotment letters for the one-bed room...
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From Shacks To 2-Room Flats, It's ‘Acche Din’ For Gujarat’s Slum Dwellers
As they turn their backs on the miserable lives they once lived and head to the two-room apartments they received in lieu of their shacks, they have much to cheer about.
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Vijender Gupta Demands Allotment Of 16,000 Flats To Slum Dwellers
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Friday met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and demanded allotment of 16,000 flats constructed for resettlement of slum dwellers in the national capital.
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Aam Aadmi Party, Congress Playing Dirty Politics Over Slum Dwellers: BJP
BJP's Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay today accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of doing "dirty politics" over the demolition of a slum in the city.
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"No Slum Will Be Razed Without Rehabilitation": Delhi Chief Minister
In a move that could pause ongoing and future slum evictions across the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday ordered all agencies, including the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Indian Railways.
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"Will Not Let People Living In...": AAP vs BJP Over Delhi Slum Demolition
Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.
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PM Modi To Inaugurate Over 3,000 Flats For Delhi Slum Dwellers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation' Project.
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Slum Dwellers To Be Part Of Consultations Concerning Their Living: Manish Sisodia
Slum dwellers will now be part of the consultations held to explore ways to improve the living conditions of people living in these settlements in Delhi, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.
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Supreme Court Directs To Stop Slum Dwellers' Eviction In Delhi's Sarojini Nagar
The Supreme Court on Monday directed not to take any coercive action relating to the removal of 'jhuggis' in Sarojini Nagar area of the national capital until further orders.
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Provide "Pucca" Houses To Slum Dwellers Before Their Eviction: Satyendar Jain To Piyush Goyal
Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal regarding detailed plans to provide "pucca" houses to poor families living in 48,000 slums along railway tracks in the national capital.
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Will Work With Centre For Housing Delhi Slum Dwellers: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not let dwellers of slums encroaching on railway land in Delhi be displaced and his government will work with the Centre to provide houses to them.
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No Removal Of Slums Until Joint Decision Taken By Centre, Delhi: Railways
The Railways said on Monday it will not dismantle any encroachment without a proper decision taken jointly with the Urban Development Ministry and the Delhi government, after a political storm brewed over a Supreme Court order for removal of around 48,000 slum dwellings on rail land in the city.
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Arvind Kejriwal Should Shift Slum Dwellers To Vacant Housing Units: BJP
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal relocate the slum dwellers, whose shanties are going to be demolished following a recent Supreme Court order, in the over 50,000 vacant housing units of the city government.
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Forced, Unannounced Eviction Of Slum Dwellers Contrary To Law: High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday said forced and unannounced eviction of slum dwellers is contrary to law and the authorities should ensure that the displaced people are immediately rehabilitated.
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With New Addresses, Kolkata Slum Dwellers Unlock Opportunities
With more than 2,300 one-room brick homes and shops, Panchanantala in Kolkata is densely populated. The homes are tin roofs and crammed with stoves, trunks and furniture. With the intervention of Addressing the Unaddressed, a Dublin-based non-profit organisation, people got their own addresses in Kolkata’s slums. About 16,000 dwellings in nine s...
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Never Thought I Could Give My Kids A Pucca House: Delhi Slum Dweller
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 350 slum dwellers in Delhi as the state government allotted them flats on Monday. The slum dwellers, who had been living in the slums of Nehru Camp east Delhi’s Patparganj areas for decades, had an emotional meltdown when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them allotment letters for the one-bed room...
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From Shacks To 2-Room Flats, It's ‘Acche Din’ For Gujarat’s Slum Dwellers
As they turn their backs on the miserable lives they once lived and head to the two-room apartments they received in lieu of their shacks, they have much to cheer about.
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Vijender Gupta Demands Allotment Of 16,000 Flats To Slum Dwellers
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Friday met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and demanded allotment of 16,000 flats constructed for resettlement of slum dwellers in the national capital.
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Aam Aadmi Party, Congress Playing Dirty Politics Over Slum Dwellers: BJP
BJP's Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay today accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of doing "dirty politics" over the demolition of a slum in the city.
