We have lost all our savings and now have nowhere to go,” says Vijay Prajapati, 35, a daily wager, staying at Khori Basti for over a decade. Her family has been staying in the colony for two decades now and recently bought another 120 sq m plot for ₹5 lakh. The couple had gone to the camp to apply for the government’s rehabilitation policy for the Haryana residents but did not have the requisite documents. But not many seem enthusiastic about the government’s rehabilitation policy for different reasons. Chander says the rehabilitation policy is nothing but an attempt by the government to “loot” them by offering more than a decade old flats in ruins.

Source: The Hindu July 25, 2021 21:19 UTC