New Delhi, March 5 -- An anti-encroachment drive that was to begin on Tuesday in the Usmanpur area of Delhi's Shahdara has left in the lurch several residents, who were given just a day's notice to vacate their homes of decades.
On March 2, the authorities served an eviction notice to residents of the locality near the Old Iron Bridge, asking them to vacate their homes by Monday. The raze drive, a part of the Yamuna beautification project, was scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
For many, the land on which they built their homes represents a lifetime of memories, struggles and survival. A woman in her 60s, Pushpa Devi has called the place home for the past 40 years.
She lost her eldest son and his wife several years ago in an accident, ...