Sapna further adds that the decision, asking residents to immediately vacate their houses, will prove to be fatal for many. “The Supreme Court gave the order but didn’t think about us. What will we do? Where will we go? This decision, asking us to vacate our houses immediately, will kill us.”
Even As Demand For Rehabilitation Grows, Residents Find Themselves in a Border Dispute
Sitara Khatoon says that her husband is the only earning member in their family of seven and if their house is demolished, they have nowhere to go. “This house is our entire life’s savings, if they come for it, they will have to bury us in its ruins,” she said.
Khatoon and other residents of the village are asking the government to either compensate or rehabilitate them, if they want to clear the land.
“The least the authorities can do is to compensate us with some percentage of money we’ve invested in purchasing this…