[Reader-list] [Announcements]

[diya at sarai.net]

Visthaapan Virodhi Abhiyan


Dear Friends,

Hundreds and hundreds of families are being evicted to clear up the Yamuna
Pushta following a High Court order of 2003 directing the authorities to
remove all unauthorised constructions along the banks of the river Yamuna
that flows through Delhi.

Almost 6,000 families have already been displaced in the last few weeks.
At least 16,000 more families have been targeted for eviction before the
elections. All these families are losing their livelihood too. The use of
police force and repression of any representation from the people is going
systematically unreported by the media. All appeals against this order in
both the High Court as well as the Supreme Court have been summarily
dismissed. In not a single case has the Court acknowledged the right to be
heard by the slums dwellers as the most
affected party.

What is being offered in terms of rehabilitation is highly inadequate. 
This ongoing human tragedy in our city touches many dimensions. We
urgently feel the need to discuss and strategise both about relief and
rehabilitation as well as organized protest.

Meeting Details

DATE: Monday, 12th April
TIME; 4 pm
VENUE: Indian Social Institute, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Behind Sai Baba Temple

Ranjana, Lalit, Arun, Dunnu, Gautam and Prakash
For
Visthaapan Virodhi Abhiyan
8.4.2004