No water, electricity but residents of Khori Gaon stay put: ‘Spent lakhs to buy this land’
Living without electricity and water for weeks but determined to hold on to their homes – the lines are being drawn deeper into the ground in Faridabad’s tense Khori Gaon as residents refuse to budge despite eviction orders.
The Supreme Court, in an order on June 7, had directed the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) to “take all essential measures to remove encroachments on the subject forest land without any exception”, giving the civic body six weeks to complete the task.
On Thursday, the temperature in Faridabad rose to 43 degrees but there was no respite through fans or desert coolers at Khori Gaon. According to residents, both electricity and water supply have been cut off for over two weeks now.
