Demolition In Delhi | 200 Illegal Slum Structures Demolished In Delhi's Ashok Vihar
The air in Jailorwala Bagh, in Delhi's Ashok Vihar, hung thick with dust and despair on Monday as bulldozers, flanked by over 250 police personnel, tore through more than 200 illegal slum structures surrounding the railway line. Residents scrambled frantically, clutching whatever belongings they could salvage - tattered clothes, dented pots, a child's plastic toy - before the next wall crumbled. This anti-encroachment drive, the second that month following a similar operation on June 2, had targeted encroachments along Wazirpur's railway lines, backed by court orders and safety concerns. But for the 15,000 residents, many daily wage laborers like 13-year-old Wasim's family, the demolitions shattered lives and dreams.
