Rehabilitate slum dwellers

The issue of displacement of poor and downtrodden and demolition of slums in Delhi to facilitate construction activity for the Commonwealth Games was raised in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Independent Member from West Bengal Tarun Mandal, raising the issue during the zero hour, quoted media reports to state that 358 families had been evicted after the slums near the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station were demolished and said there was no plan to rehabilitate or compensate them. He alleged that human rights of these people were being violated and wanted the government to provide benefits to the affected families.