More than 300 families, who were rendered homeless post the demolition drive by AMC in the first week of May, have ended their agonising month-long wait for houses from the civic body by beginning their search for their own home elsewhere in the city.
More than 300 families, who were rendered homeless post the demolition drive by AMC in the first week of May, have ended their agonising month-long wait for houses from the civic body by beginning their search for their own home elsewhere in the city.
“We stayed back with the hope of getting houses before the onset of monsoon. But, now it’s too late, and we have to search for home by ourselves,” said Sanjay Goswami, who is living with his family in a temporary hut under the Dudheshwar bridge.
Not only Goswami, but many others were living under trees, temporary huts and under the Dudheshwar Bridge and Ellisbridge following the demolition.
They were demanding alternate homes promised to them by the civic body. But, because of huge difference between old and new records of eligible slum dwellers, AMC was unable to allot homes to all of them and could provide shelter to only 1,500 of them.
In the demolition in May, more than 5,000 families were left homeless in the riverfront. They had even knocked the doors of Gujarat high court in this regard and activist Anna Hazare also met them during his recent visit, promising justice.
These families, however, have now lost all their hope, as no one is delivering concrete assurance or action. “The matter is pending before the high court and the AMC-appointed committee is also giving an unsatisfactory reply. Annaji is busy in Delhi with his own agenda. So, it is better to find a home instead of wasting time,” said Rakesh Shinde, who used to live under Ellisbridge. He and his family are now shifting to Saraspur slum area along with eight other families.
The story of around 300 families living on the one kilometre stretch from Dudheshwar to Ellisbridge is no less different.
They have already identified alternate homes in different parts of the city and started moving before the onset of monsoon.
“We cannot live under the sky in heavy rains with our kids. I have lost all hopes now,” said Arshad Saiyad, who is shifting to a slum locality near Chandola Lake along with other families.
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