Bulldozer Action In Delhi’s Ashok Vihar As Govt Continues Encroachment Demolition Drive

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said the operation focused only on jhuggis whose residents had already been allotted flats under the in-situ Jailorwala Bagh rehabilitation project and excluded those protected by court orders.

Bulldozers and personnel from multiple agencies descended on the area early in the morning. Access roads were barricaded as machines began tearing down slum units. DDA, in a statement, clarified that 1,078 eligible families have already been resettled in 1BHK flats built on the same site in Jailorwala Bagh at a construction cost of ₹421 crore. Each flat, worth around ₹25 lakh, was provided for a heavily subsidised ₹1.4 lakh.

But residents and activists alleged that hundreds of families have been left out of the allotment process. “Only around 1,000 families were given flats, but more than 500 are still without any shelter,” said Rama Devi, a relative of one of the affected residents. “We’ve worked here for years as domestic workers and street vendors. Now we are being evicted without compensation or alternative housing.”