{"id":232294,"date":"2023-03-18T21:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T16:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=232294"},"modified":"2023-03-18T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T16:04:24","slug":"demolitions-of-homeless-shelters-in-delhi-show-a-lack-of-compassion-and-a-disrespect-for-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/demolitions-of-homeless-shelters-in-delhi-show-a-lack-of-compassion-and-a-disrespect-for-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolitions of homeless shelters in Delhi show a lack of compassion, and a disrespect for the Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cDemolitions of homeless shelters in Delhi show a lack of compassion, and a disrespect for the Court\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on 18th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Vulnerable sections of the population. GS1- poverty and developmental issues<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>–\u00a0 Issues related to homeless and destitute people<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– Recently, the officials of the Delhi government arrived without warning with bulldozers and pulled down the shelters for the homeless.<\/p>\n

Why is demolishing the shelters for the homeless not a right action?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The official claimed that these shelters were unlawful encroachments<\/strong>. But they had been created by the orders of India\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n

In the Right to Food case<\/strong>, the Supreme Court ruled that every person, including houseless destitute persons, had a fundamental right to life<\/strong>. It was the state\u2019s constitutional duty<\/strong> to ensure decent shelters for all homeless people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studies revealed that there were at least six times more chances of dying if you were unhoused as compared to people with roofs over their heads.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons behind the poor treatment of destitute and homeless people by the state?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There exist official prejudices<\/strong> against homeless people. It stereotypes homeless people<\/strong> as criminal, drug-abusing parasites dangerous to law-abiding residents of the city. Such criticism neglects their critical role in the city\u2019s economy<\/strong> \u2013 as casual construction workers, in eateries, at wedding parties, and as head-loaders, all at dirt wages.<\/p>\n

The homeless shelters were demolished to beautify the national capital for heads of G20 countries<\/strong> who will assemble in Delhi later this year. The Indian state, who wants to boost its global profile<\/strong>, considers these shelters as embarrassing sightings<\/strong> for its image.<\/p>\n

It shows the absence of elementary public compassio<\/strong>n. The state has little care for its poorest citizens and their dispensable lives. But the state can do this because middle-class and wealthy Indians will applaud its resolve to beautify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cDemolitions of homeless shelters in Delhi show a lack of compassion, and a disrespect for the Court\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 18th March 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Vulnerable sections of the population. GS1- poverty and developmental issues Relevance–\u00a0 Issues related to homeless and destitute people News–… Continue reading Demolitions of homeless shelters in Delhi show a lack of compassion, and a disrespect for the Court<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"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":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-232294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704908436},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232294","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}