{"id":113457,"date":"2021-06-19T10:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T05:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=113457"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T10:24:34","slug":"flaws-in-haryana-governments-order-demanding-demolition-of-khori-gaon-jhuggis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flaws-in-haryana-governments-order-demanding-demolition-of-khori-gaon-jhuggis\/","title":{"rendered":"Flaws in Haryana Government&#8217;s order demanding demolition of Khori Gaon Jhuggis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haryana government\u2019s order demanding the demolition of Khori Gaon Jhuggis is surrounded by multiple flaws. It would result in brutal violations of human rights. Therefore, the government should provide alternative land and reasonable facilities to those facing eviction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haryana government has ordered to break 10,000 jhuggis in Khori Gaon without providing any rehabilitation plan.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khori Gaon is located on the Delhi-Haryana border and comes under the Faridabad Municipal Corporation (FMC) jurisdiction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The demolition is imperative as the jhuggis are located in a forest area and the residents don\u2019t have any ownership over them. However, the order is surrounded by multiple flaws.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Issues associated with the Order:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>First<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it will put<\/span><b> unprecedented stress <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the residents, who are already facing immense uncertainties during the pandemic. Eviction may endanger the health, economic well-being, and lives of thousands.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a construction labourer (named Ganeshilal) committed suicide on hearing the demolition news.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Second<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the order <\/span><b>doesn\u2019t extend to big high-rise buildings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the same forest area. This includes The Taj Vivanta Hotel, the Sarovar Portico Hotel, the Pinnacle Business Tower, and the Radha Soami Satsang Centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Third<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it <\/span><b>undermines the right to shelter under Article 21<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Indian Constitution as no prudent plan for rehabilitation is given.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the<\/span><b> Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation case,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Supreme Court held that it would be the duty of the state to provide the right to shelter for the poor and needy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>Shantistar Builders case<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Supreme Court held that the right to life includes the right to have reasonable accommodation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fourth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it violates <\/span><b>India\u2019s international obligation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The country has ratified the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights which guarantees a right to housing for all irrespective of income.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from this, there exist other issues that make the situation worse for the poor dwellers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Other Concerning issues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>First<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>cut-off date for rehabilitation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hasn\u2019t been updated by Haryana Urban Development Authority since 2010. The cut-off date was fixed as 2003 but since then massive migration has taken place in the state, but the date hasn\u2019t been updated.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gujarat has a cut-off date of 2010 while Rajasthan and Bihar use 2009, and Karnataka requires just a one-year stay.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Second<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, several of those residents who settled before the cut-off date <\/span><b>don&#8217;t possess the requisite documents.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thus, 90% of the 10,000 houses of the settlement of Khori Gaon will be denied rehabilitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Third<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>multiple housing schemes of the government <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the current PM Awas Yojana have not been implemented properly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read Also :-<a class=\"seoquake-params-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/higher-education-in-india-an-analysis\/\" rel=\"e5897e2e x_url\">Higher Education in India: An Analysis\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><b>Way Forward:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haryana government should do rehabilitation of the jhuggi-dwellers prior to their removal. This would involve\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conducting a detailed survey prior to the eviction,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drawing up a rehabilitation plan and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensuring that upon eviction the dwellers are immediately rehabilitated<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haryana government should update its rehabilitation policy by learning from other states&#8217; progressive housing policies.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Act provides for a survey, removal and resettlement plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this, removal is done only when land is required for a public purpose; else the jhuggis are upgraded and improved in-situ.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An alternate house is provided if the family is staying in the jhuggi since 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/manohar-lal-khattar-haryana-government-slums-rehabilitation-coronavirus-7363948\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The Haryana government\u2019s order demanding the demolition of Khori Gaon Jhuggis is surrounded by multiple flaws. It would result in brutal violations of human rights. Therefore, the government should provide alternative land and reasonable facilities to those facing eviction. Background: The Haryana government has ordered to break 10,000 jhuggis in Khori Gaon without providing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flaws-in-haryana-governments-order-demanding-demolition-of-khori-gaon-jhuggis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flaws in Haryana Government&#8217;s order demanding demolition of Khori Gaon Jhuggis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1317,1367],"class_list":["post-113457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-env_1","tag-env_3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}