Congress To File Evaluation Petition In opposition to Court docket Order To Take away Slums

New Delhi:

The Delhi Congress will file a assessment petition towards the Supreme Court docket’s order to take away slum clusters alongside railway tracks within the metropolis, as it should have an effect on over 10 lakh individuals, the occasion’s Delhi unit chief Anil Kumar mentioned on Friday.

The Supreme Court docket on Thursday had directed elimination of 48,000 slum dwellings alongside the 140 km size of railway tracks in Delhi inside three months.

The Supreme Court docket had additionally mentioned that elimination of slums would happen in a phased method and there wouldn’t be any sort of political interference in execution of the plan.

“The Supreme Court docket judgement to clear railway tracks of JJ clusters will displace over 10 lakh individuals, already underneath stress and pressure because of the Corona pandemic. The AAP and BJP authorities are chargeable for their plight,” Mr Kumar mentioned at a press convention.

No response was instantly obtainable from the AAP.

“The Arvind Kejriwal authorities in Delhi and the BJP-ruled MCDs must be held chargeable for not resettling these individuals all these years, regardless of making guarantees of their election manifestos,” Mr Kumar mentioned.

The Delhi Congress chief mentioned out of 64,184 flats, development of which was began by the Sheila Dikshit authorities, only one,931 have been allotted, as per the reply given by the AAP authorities within the Delhi Vidhan Sabha.

In 2010, the then Congress authorities within the nationwide capital, headed by Sheila Dikshit, had established the Delhi City Shelter Enchancment Board (DUSIB) to supply secure housing to the residents of JJ clusters, he mentioned.

“The Congress will file a assessment petition within the Supreme Court docket because it was a query of the lives of lakhs of poor individuals, who play an important position within the progress and prosperity of the capital,” he mentioned.