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Almost part of all evictions concerned so-called beautification campaigns, with infrastructure projects, conservation programmes and crisis control also being grounds for displacement.
Thousands of others have been deported through India’s lockdowns to involve the coronavirus pandemic, and millions more are threatened to be uprooted as the government pushes infrastructure projects to stimulate economic growth, housing rights activists said.
At least 20,000 other people were evicted from their homes between 16 March and 31 July, despite court orders prohibiting such movements and closure, according to a report published Tuesday through the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) in Delhi.
In the more than 3 years in which HLRN has recorded all-time highs, at least another 568,000 people have been forcibly evicted from their homes across India, or 22 more people every hour. Last year alone, more than 107,600 people were deported.
“The severe housing crisis in India has been exacerbated by forced evictions and the demolition of homes in low-income marginalized communities, including the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Shivani Chaudhry, executive director of the HLRN.
According to the HLRN, almost part of all evictions concerned the city’s so-called beautification campaigns, with infrastructure projects, conservation systems and crisis control also grounds for displacement.
In almost all cases, the government did not stick to due process, and gave a good enough warning, and only about a quarter of the deportees were resettled, he said.
There is no official knowledge of deportations in India.
Officials in Delhi and Mumbai, who were deported during the lockdown, did not respond to requests for comment, while a Gurugram official near Delhi, who also had an eviction, said no deportations had been made at the time, and this is sometimes noticed.
Deportation prohibits around the global end with the lifting of closures, putting millions of others at risk of wasting their homes.
The Indian government’s Housing for All plan aims to create 20 million townhomes and 30 million cottages as of 2022. But implementation has been slow and activists say it solves the challenge of homelessness.
Last month, the federal government passed a plan to expand urban rental housing for migrant staff after millions of employees fled blockades that left many other homeless people and housing.
The government is also mapping rural residential areas and legalizing approximately 2,000 casual settlements in Delhi, allowing millions of citizens to discharge asset rights.
However, nearly 15 million more people live under the risk of displacement of infrastructure projects and progress, adding about 2 million other people whose rights to forest lands have been rejected, according to HLRN.
With the government willing to stimulate economic expansion in the wake of the pandemic, other people living in mines, ports, dams and roads will most likely be eliminated, Chaudhry said.
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