Illegal Encroachments

Have you ever imagined a situation, when you get up in the morning and you are told that the house in which you are living from past 5-10 years does not belong to you any more!

Or when it is the time for your morning tea, you see people with Buldozer are ready to demolish the construction in which you have your house.

Imagine how painful that moment would be. I saw a similar scene today morning, on my way to office. There were some illegal constructions as they say, near to my office which were being mowed down.

One day back the house which were full of noises is no more. Its just a land now with a sign board which states that this property belongs to govt.

Residents were watching their nests falling down helplessly, what else they can do. They are forced out of that place. I understand that this land was illegally occupied and authorities have all the rights to demolish but what about the poeple who used to live there. Will they be provided with any accomodation?

If we compalin to authorities they will simply shrug it off by saying that a notice was issued in this regard.

Let me ask them is a single piece of paper is enough? You take some action when you have some option otherwise you just wait and watch. What are the options these poor people have? Today they will vacate this land and find a new one till the time govt. asks them to vacate that too. This is not the permanent solution of this problem.

These pople should be provided with pucca houses so that a new land encrochment can be prevented and with that one person from these families should be provided with the option of work under govt. welfare schemes so that they can afford living in the space provided.

This whole problem starts with the unemployment, when you do not have a regular paying job then one can not afford a consisten house. It depends on one's current job location so these poor people do not have any other option rather than encroachment where they can have small tea shop or snacks bar for the lower segment of society. If they'll have a regular job then obviously situation will be stable and we do not have to take pains for the illegal encroachments.

These kind of operations takes lots of efforts, same efforts can be used in rehabiliating these people. This will have two good effect, one is city will be more beautiful and organized, 2nd people will respect govt.

Lets hope govt. will take certain action in this regard to improve this problem.

Love,
Mayank