The Human Rights Commission might issue notices to the authorities for for using bulldozer on slum near Bhadbhada dam in Bhopal.
On Friday, former minister PC Sharma approached the State Human Rights Commission and lodged a complaint. He told that the Commission has stated that immediate action would be taken on this sensitive matter. Sharma said, “Examination of class 10 and 12 board classes are going on and the families are beingt displaced. Moreover, bulldozers were used on the houses. People's consent to vacate their homes is being taken by forcing and threatening.
Bulldozer was uses to raze Bhadbhada slum in front of Hotel Taj in Bhopal in which 139 houses have been removed in two days. Today, on the third day on Friday, The BMC and administration chalked out stretagy to demolish 129 more houses. The administration says that people's houses are being demolished after taking their consent. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had ordered the removal of 386 houses.
To avoid any uproar, the police have blocked the road by barricading 1 kilometer before the settlement. 500 police personnel are deployed. 10 JCBs have been deployed to demolish the houses. Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh said that the action will continue for the next two days.
Former minister PC Sharma raised the issue of demolition of houses in Bhadbhada colony in the Human Rights Commission. He said that action is being taken without notice.
Sharma said- It seems like there is a war situation.
PC Sharma said, 'Electricity and water connections were severed without notice. People were not allowed to take out their belongings. There is no arrangement for food and drink there. People are being taken from outside, so they are not being allowed to go. Deploy drones and tell what action is being taken. It seems like there is a war situation in which everyone indulges in sabotage.
Has the district administration taken the consent of the people? In response to this he said, 'The place is being forcibly vacated. First told the people that we will demolish 2-4 houses and will inform NGT that action has been taken. On this pretext, consent was taken from 2-4 and the rest were made to sign at gunpoint.
Now 247 more houses will be removed from the colony. Of these, 129 have agreed to vacate their homes on Friday.
Collector Singh said that everyone has been compensated. Corporation vehicles have been made available for shifting. Some people have been given land leases in Chandpur Berasia area, while others have been given a compensation amount of Rs 1 lakh or the option of the Prime Minister's Housing scheme.
After the order of NGT, the district administration is removing the encroachment. Recently an announcement was also made by the Municipal Corporation regarding this. Residents were given three days to remove the encroachment. This period ended on Monday.
Collector Singh held a meeting of the residents and then gave one more day's time. Both strictness and advice were started from Wednesday. 30 houses were demolished on Wednesday, 109 on Thursday.
The shifting action is being taken in the presence of police personnel. For this, the main road leading to the settlement including Bhadbhada intersection and Karuna Dham road have been closed by barricading. On Thursday, relatives of the people living in the colony had arrived with food, but the police did not allow them to go inside.
