-The Tribune The Supreme Court on Monday gave two more weeks to the Haryana authorities to implement its order to demolish around 10,000 illegal structures erected on forest land at Khori village in Faridabad, saying the demolition of illegal structures had to go on. “Adjourned for two weeks. Till then all the demolitions that are being carried out should be carried out,” a Bench said. Please click here to read more. ...
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India must halt mass eviction that threatens to leave 100,000 homeless – UN experts
-Press release by United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner GENEVA (16 July 2021): UN human rights experts* today called on India to halt evictions of some 100,000 people – including 20,000 children – that began this week in the midst of monsoon rains. Demolition of homes began on Wednesday, 14 July, in a village in Haryana State built on protected forest land, even though the forest was actually destroyed...
More »Khori Demolitions: We Are Being Targeted as We Are Poor, Allege Residents -Sumedha Pal
-Newsclick.in 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....
More »Activists hold press conference to emphasize the rights of the Khori villagers who are facing eviction
-Press release by Bandhua Mukti Morcha dated 18th June, 2021 New Delhi, 18 June,2021: The 50 year old secular Khori village, near Surajkund tourist spot (Faridabad, Harayana), inhabited by various sections is on the verge of being uprooted because of the Supreme Court order. Despite the existence of various farmhouses and high rise hotel buildings, the government and the administration is only eyeing these 10,000 houses which house more than 1...
More »SC Orders Removal of 10,000 Residential Constructions on Aravali Forest Land
-PTI/ TheWire.in The forest land is located near Lakarpur Khori village in Faridabad district and has to be cleared within six weeks. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday directed Haryana and the Faridabad municipal corporation to remove all encroachments, consisting around 10,000 residential constructions, in Aravali forest area near a village, saying land grabbers cannot take refuge of rule of law and talk of fairness. A vacation bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and...
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