delhiUpdated: Sep 14, 2020 09:09 ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers will raise the issue of providing housing to 48,000 families living in slums on railway land in the national capital during Delhi assembly’s monsoon session on Monday. The Supreme Court (SC) has recently ordered the removal of 48,000 slum-dwellers from railway land within a period of 90 days. Also Read: Delhi slum eviction: 11 slum dwellers file plea to join proceedings in Supreme Court caseBJP legislator Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who is also leader of the opposition in the Delhi assembly, said, “These flats have been constructed using Central funds. The Delhi government should work out a plan to shift these people in the flats that are lying vacant. The MP questioned Kejriwal the reason for the delay in allocating the vacant flats to the slum-dwellers.

Source: Hindustan Times September 14, 2020 03:40 UTC