No slum demolition without rehabilitation: Kejriwal after meeting Prabhu

December 14, 2015 20:16

Enraged over a railway demolition drive in west Delhi that has been blamed for the death of a 6-month-old infant, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, announcing that there will be no further slum demolitions without rehabilitation.

"In principle, it was decided that there will be no demolition anywhere without rehabilitation in the coming days," Kejriwal said after meeting Prabhu.

The chief minister, along with deputy CM Manish Sisodia and senior Delhi government officials, met Prabhu at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes.

"If any land is required for whichever railways projects, they should give us a schedule and the Delhi government will first rehabilitate them before demolition," Kejriwal said.

Railways had undertaken a demolition drive at Shakurbasti on Satuday removing about 1,200 slums and shops in the area. The drive caused a storm over the death of a child in the area.

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