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Khori Demolitions: We Are Being Targeted as We Are Poor, Allege Residents -Sumedha Pal

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The Supreme Court has refused to stay the demolitions of over 10,000 houses in a bid to preserve the forest cover in the locality in Haryana’s Faridabad.

On June 7, a bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition on the clearance of encroachment over the Aravalli zone, had ordered the removal of close to 10,000 homes, housing over 1 lakh people in Haryana’s Khori Gaon, near the national capital. The court this week reiterated yet again that the homes are to be demolished, sidelining humanitarian concerns of the residents and their request to put a stay on the evictions.

Amid the legal battle, the migrant working class residents of the village are currently staring at surviving the pandemic with snapped electricity, no water supply and threats of evictions. As residents staged protests, over 150 people have been charged with cases under the Disaster Management Act, incitement of violence, harassment of officials, among others.

Suffering in distress and anxiety over what the future holds, five families have reportedly witnessed suicides.

As one walks uphill in the village, residents can be seen lined up in its narrow lanes sitting outside their homes hoping for a respite from scorching summer heat. 

A RESIDENT SITS OUTSIDE AMID THE ELECTRICITY CUT 

“We have been left to fend for ourselves and watch as our world crumbles before our eyes. Everyday for the past 15 days we have been terrified. How do we leave everything behind and just go, where do I go?,” asked 45-year-old Meera, who has been resident for nearly 20 years. She told NewsClick, “We sold off everything in our village to come find accommodation in Delhi. This is my temple, this is my mosque. I will die here but I won’t leave, I have no place to go. We are undergoing deep distress amid the pandemic – we are working class people who have lost all sources of income. Majority of families here are out of ration and we are surviving on loans. All we had for ourselves was a roof over our heads, now we don’t even have that.”

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