New Delhi, June 4 -- In a previous instalment of this series, we reported how residents displaced from the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat had been resettled in areas like Odhav - some 15 kilometres from the city - where they now live in relative isolation.

Like Odhav, Batwa is another site where slum dwellers removed from the riverfront have been relocated. Unlike Odhav, Batwa is home to more than 10,000 people - not just 150 families - but here too, there is no city-run Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) bus connectivity.

Given the large population, shared auto-rickshaws are available throughout the day. Yet women like Sabina face the same struggles as Babli, another displaced worker. Sabina used to work in house...