New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- : Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal regarding detailed plans to provide 'pucca' houses to poor families living in 48,000 slums along railway tracks in the national capital.
In his letter, Jain urged the Centre to provide pucca houses to the people before their eviction.
"Supreme court has ordered for the eviction of 48,000 jhuggis (slums). We believe that it will not be wise to do this amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Whenever they are removed, they are given pucca houses. Law is very very clear about this, and this is their legal right. Hence, first, they should be given a pucca house, and then only they can be removed from jhuggis," Jain said in hi...