jhuggis

Anti-encroachment drive or the celebration of the urban elite’s city aesthetics?

June 03, 2025 3:13 pm

We have become so fixated on the performance of restoring a fictional, sanitised order that we have forgotten what the real order should be built on: Dignity and security of all the people who call a city their home

‘He was sleeping at the time... no one heard his cries’: Mother of 4-year-old killed in fire at Delhi slum

April 29, 2025 2:44 am

Fire officials, on Sunday, had said the tenders were unable to enter the narrow lanes, surrounded by boundary walls of a nearby society, and it took them more than three hours to douse the flames

With dismantling of 1,000 jhuggis, Sanjay Colony to be demolished today

April 23, 2025 10:31 am

Following this operation, the administration will shift its focus to Janta Colony in Sector 25, the city’s largest slum area, which spans 10 acres and houses approximately 2,500 shanties — home to more than 10,000 people.

12 Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinics, 13 govt dispensaries to be modified at cost of Rs 2.55 cr

March 12, 2025 4:55 am

The 12 Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinics are located in New Delhi and Central District in unauthorised colonies and Jhuggi Jhopri clusters

Former Delhi govt officials sentenced for ‘fraudulent’ allotment of 26 plots to slum dwellers, 17 years later

December 25, 2024 5:01 am

"Forged ration cards and Delhi Administration ID cards were prepared in the name of allottees... not entitled to or eligible for allotment. These allottees... had not applied for allotment," the judge observed.

Centre tells SC: No immediate removal of jhuggis at railway lines

September 15, 2020 1:21 pm

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta conveyed this to a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, which took note of the submission and adjourned the hearing by four weeks.

Delhi: Hundreds homeless as over 50 jhuggis demolished at INA

February 01, 2019 2:16 am

DRM claimed most of the residents were scrap dealers and used the area to store scrap and hazardous materials, which put the safety on the track at stake.

MC wakes up to clear encroachments ahead of CM visit

February 06, 2014 3:17 pm

CM will visit the city to lay the foundation stone of a hospital.

And the jhuggis are visible now...

December 16, 2013 12:45 am

Jhuggis along the way had been covered with tents and so had been the garbage dumps.

LIT head to get Jamuna colony vacated,‘not bothered about political pressure’

August 01, 2011 4:08 am

More than 8 acres of LIT land on the main Pakhowal road was a favourite spot for the jhuggi dwellers.

Fire destroys 500 hutments in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area

April 25, 2014 12:10 pm