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Ravi Kaushal
Several Delhi Villages Waiting for Hospitals for 30 Years Amid Raging Pandemic
15 Jan 2022
Plots donated or acquired for the construction of hospitals in Baprola and Budhela villages decades ago are still vacant.
Ravi Kaushal
Delhi Village Farmers Pay Price for Urbanisation
19 Oct 2021
Farmlands in Narela’s Garhi Bakhtawarpur village remain flooded for eight months a year due to an overflowing drain.
Ravi Kaushal
‘We had Great Hopes, but Modiji has Failed us,’ say Delhi Villagers on Exclusion from Svamitva Scheme
08 Oct 2021
Millions of Lal Dora residents upset with Panchayati Raj Ministry over denial of property ownership rights citing absence of gram panchayat.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi Master Plan: People’s Collective Ensures Suggestions by Slum Residents, Informal Workers Submitted
20 Aug 2021
Small delegations of these groups reached the DDA’s housing department office at INA’s Vikas Sadan on Thursday; it was all done under an initiative by the ‘Main Bhi Dilli’ campaign.
Newsclick Team
DDA Has No Plan for Development of Delhi Villages
18 Aug 2021
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has asked people to give their suggestions on the Delhi Master Plan-2041, but will the opinion of people living in Delhi's villages be heard?
Ravi Kaushal
Nobody Likes a Dalit Millionaire, Says Family Evicted from Land in Delhi Despite HC Stay
20 Jul 2021
A resident of Naseerpur village, Satyapal Singh alleged that his home, built on land allotted under the Indira Gandhi government, was demolished without any prior notice by the officials of Delhi…
Ronak Chhabra
DDA’s Master Plan for Delhi-2041 Fails to Address Working People’s Concerns, Says People’s Collective
15 Jul 2021
On Thursday, the Main Bhi Dilli campaign called a press conference to discuss the statutory document that has the power to change urban development in Delhi.
Arbab Ali
Dhobi Ghat Paathshaala: Promise of Education at the Site of Demolition
07 Mar 2021
“At this point, if I’m asked to choose between my jhuggi and the Dhobi Ghat Paathshaala, I would choose the Paathshaala,” said a resident.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Jhuggi Adhikar Manch: Homes Demolished by DDA, Residents Form Collective to Agitate
16 Jan 2021
A month ago – in December – the DDA dug up the residents’ land in order to construct boundaries and elevated structures resulting in deep swamps where their homes once stood. Their homes had been…
Sumedha Pal
Batla House Demolition: After Razing their Homes, Delhi Police Returns to Finish off Makeshift Tents
08 Oct 2020
After the drive the DDA even collected the rubble which had clothes, documents and other valuables of the residents.