Slum Demolition

Delhi: Centre tells SC slums near railway tracks will not be removed till consultations are over

On August 31, the top court had ordered that 48,000 slum dwellings near the railway tracks should be removed within three months.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 14, 2020 · 06:42 pm
Delhi: Congress moves SC against its order to demolish slums along railway tracks

The top court on August 31 had ordered the demolition of the slums within three months and had instructed political parties not to interfere in the matter.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 11, 2020 · 07:35 pm
A year after Shakur Basti demolition, why were residents of another Delhi slum left out in the cold?

More than 1,000 inhabitants of a cluster in Kishangarh are now homeless and were allegedly not given any intimation of the demolition drive.

Abhishek Dey
· Dec 12, 2016 · 06:30 am

Thirty years after a landmark Supreme Court verdict, slum dwellers' rights are still ignored

A journalist recalls her intervention on behalf of Bombay’s pavement dwellers in 1981, which led to a Supreme Court order mandating rehabilitation for those evicted by government demolitions.

Olga Tellis
· Dec 21, 2015 · 03:30 pm