[Reader-list] Fwd: Eviction plan of Basti Nizamuddin.

[jaya iyer]

dear friends,

sorry last week been completely out of sync and now again I am off dayafter-
so begin with profuse apologies.

I agree with yousuf, we need to find out from MCD what their plans are- even
with players like aga khan it is sarkar which is fianlly responsible- will
or can demolish and is liable for rehabilation or whatever . But aga khan
should be and possibly could be turned into a via media and might be more
scared of bad press than MCD. and what the hell, we elected our sarkar not
aga khan- no?

sorry I missed the meeting and the survey etc. but will join soon in - i
ccing this to Pravah and i believe some of pravah students are interested to
do their bit .

another thought is that RTIs should be followed up and answers sought.

peace
and best
jaya


On 4/15/07, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Looking at stories of all the parties, it looks like MCD and Agha Khan are
> not hand in glove about this - they are rather distanced. Whatever be the
> exact plans of MCD, the middle level officers of MCD are always out to
> exploit the poor people for their own gains. This has been seen in all the
> so-called illegal colonies: the MCD officers come and threaten the residents
> on pretext of the impending demolition, where in reality nothing exists on
> paper. An example of this case is the rumour that was spread that all
> structures within 30 meters of Yamuna will be demolished - it spread such
> scare in all areas parallel to the river. Some officers actually came to
> places like Okhla and Batla House and started measuring the areas near
> Yamuna and marked many housed that were to come within 30 meters. It is
> reported that some houses were "unmarked" later by them after some
> "understandings". However, it has now been proved that no such verdict or
> law about 30 meters existed anywhere - it was a hoax. So, the real challange
> is find out what the intentions of MCD are.
>
>
>
> *Sudeshna Chatterjee <sudeshna.kca at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> This just came to me from a resident of Nizamuddin. What shall we do?
>
> Sudeshna
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Riyaz Qureshi < riyazq at hotmail.com>
> Date: Apr 15, 2007 1:34 PM
> Subject: Eviction plan of Basti Nizamuddin.
> To: sudeshna.kca at gmail.com
>
> Dear Dr. Chatterjee,
>
> i was deeply touched by your concern about the residents of Basti
> Nizamuddin
> which i read at
> http://readerlist.freeflux.net/blog/archive/2007/04/09/re-reader-list-response-to-ratish-re-nizamuddin-basti.html
> .
> As a resident of Basti let me thank you on behalf of all the residents. i
> must admit that i myselft was unaware of some of the facts which you gave
> there.
>
> In contrast to Mr. Ratish's reply to you, MCD team visited Basti on
> 14/4/07
> asking all the shopkeepers to produce the property papers in the MCD
> office.
> And a hindi daily carries the news today of demolition plan. (I hope you
> are
> aware of that). i feel MCD and Aga Khan people are hand in glove into
> this.
> i personally and most people in Basti are not against the development and
> beautification but we certainly are against the this approach. i feel
> people
> from Basti should be taken into confidence ignoring their "vested
> interests"
> (as described by Mr. Ratish).
>
> Residents of Basti have filed 2 RTIs with MCD and the response is still
> awaited. Could yiou please enlighten us more on this issue and give us
> some
> guidelines for the course of action.
>
> Thanks & Regards.
> Riyaz Qureshi
> cell No:9899227860
>
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