As many as 70 to 80 homes were demolished in Northwest Delhi’s Shakur Basti by the Indian Railways on Friday, with residents claiming they were not intimated of the action.
Virendra Kohli, pradhan of the settlement that is close to the railway tracks, said, “They did not give us any intimation and they brought the bulldozer today. Around 70 to 80 jhuggis were demolished. These jhuggis would have housed around 300 to 350 people. The walls were all broken down. The officials from the Railways, Delhi Police and Railway Protection Force came around 10 am and the demolition lasted till around 5 pm.”
