India, July 28 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said that the Delhi government has allocated Rs.700 crore for the redevelopment of slum settlements across the national capital and assured that eligible residents will be provided housing if their jhuggi clusters are cleared for infrastructure projects.

Gupta was speaking during a visit to the "faatak wali jhuggi" near the railway crossing in Shalimar Bagh, which has received a demolition notice from the Indian Railways to make way for the expansion of Azadpur railway station. Gupta said her government was committed to ensuring a "dignified relocation" of all eligible slum dwellers displaced due to such projects.

"When a crisis came upon you, I came to meet you. The Delhi governmen...