Fear, anxiety grip Yamuna Bazar families amid looming eviction
Residents of Yamuna Bazar in Delhi are facing eviction after notices were served to 310 dwelling units due to claims of illegal encroachment. Many families, who have lived along the river for generations, express fear and anxiety about losing their homes and livelihoods. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has given residents 15 days to vacate, but some are hoping for intervention from local officials.
- ▪Eviction notices were served to 310 dwelling units in Yamuna Bazar on May 7.
- ▪Residents have lived in the area for generations and rely on the river for their livelihoods.
- ▪The Delhi Development Authority has labeled the residential cluster as illegal encroachment.
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Over a week after eviction notices were served on May 7 to 310 dwelling units in Delhi’s Yamuna Bazar residential cluster along the floodplains, 43-year-old Rajvati has spent sleepless nights worrying about her family’s future.“We have lived by the grace of the river. Our family has survived due to it,” she said. Her husband is a priest who conducts last rites, a work carried through generations in his family. Like her, residents of the 32 ghats in Yamuna Bazar, who have been residing there for generations and whose livelihood depends on the river, said they have nowhere to go.The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on May 7 tasked the Delhi Development Authority with reclaiming the floodplain land.
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