DELHI GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS CERTAIN DEMANDS OF SLUM DWELLERS
(Circulated by Ramendra Kumar, Secretary General, Delhi Shramik Sangathan: Abridged)
The Delhi Government has accepted most of the demands of the Sangathan & amended policy has been notified on 25th ‘February’2013. The benefits of amended slum policy of Delhi will reach to the hundreds of slum clusters and lakhs of slum dwellers of Delhi.
Delhi Shramik Sangathan mobilized thousands of slum dwellers in hundreds of slums in Delhi against the threat of mass eviction due to such anti labor & anti poor policy. The slum dwellers across Delhi sent thousands of letters to CM office as well as office of the Urban Development Minister of Delhi Government and also marched to Parliament to lodge their protest demanding amendments in slum policy of Delhi on 27th Novenber’2012.
These actions pressurized Delhi Government to change several conditions for eligibility for rehabilitation. The major amendments include:
1.The policy announced on February 19, 2010 had not only defined eligibility criteria for slum dwellers but it had also laid down eligibility conditions for slums; the slums which are situated near footpath, safety zone of railway, right of way, community areas were not eligible for rehabilitation; got removed from the policy.
2. The cut-off date for slum rehabilitation extended from 31st March’2007 to 4th June 2009.
3. As per the modified policy dated 19.02.2010; the slum dwellers had to present documents (Ration cards, Election identity card etc) of four periods that is of 1998, 2002,2007 and on the date of survey. The amendment has removed previous requirements of documents for eligibility condition; the name of the slum dwellers should be in electoral list on or before 04.06.2009 and in the year of survey.
4. The basis of income of slum dwellers as eligibility criteria for rehabilitation got removed from the policy.
5. With respect to ownership right; the flat to the eligible slum dweller will be allotted initially on lease hold basis for 15 years and converted to free hold thereafter.
6. Delhi government has shown intention in the court to withdraw their petition against the order of the honorable High Court of Delhi for rehabilitation of evicted families of New Sanjay Camp, Okhla through petition WP(C) 8904/2009.
7. This amendment will have impact on a number of cases pending in honorable High Court of Delhi for rehabilitation of slum dwellers.
8. The benefits of amended guidelines will also apply to those eight slums which were demolished as per previous modified policy dated 19.02.2010.
9. The procedures of Survey of slums have become more transparent than the earlier one. Now, the slum dwellers will be informed in advance about the survey and each family will be included in survey list whether it’s owner of the Jhuggi (slum) or tenant.
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