Homeless Residents to protest outside DUSIB Office
Greetings from Shahri Adhikar Manch – Begharon Ke Saath (SAM-BKS)!
Friends, the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has been
treating CityMakers (homeless residents) in Delhi inhumanly by not
providing basic facilities in the shelters. Despite the orders of
Hon’ble High Court of Delhi (dated 31.05.2012), DUSIB has refused to
take action and several pleas to provide drinking water, fans, and
proper sanitation facilities, have been ignored immensely. The situation
is such that at a few places (Yamuna Pusta, Majnu Ka Tilla, etc) the
tents have collapsed and in many shelters the electric wire is lying
open. With monsoons approaching, a disaster is just waiting to happen.
Also, there are no fans in the shelters and CityMakers are being forced
to sleep in the heat. Drinking water is reaching CityMakers once in four
days, that too after desperate calls from CityMakers. Under such
circumstances the CityMakers are running out of patience.
In order to make the authorities take note of the issues, CityMakers and Civil Society Organisations will be protesting outside
DUSIB office
Punarvas Bhawan,
Opposite Azad Bhawan,
ITO, New Delhi
from 11 am on June 8, 2012.
Like always, we’ll be extremely grateful if you
could please be present in the protest and make the citizens of Delhi,
the government and the officials take note of the problems of CityMakers
by covering the protest.
We look forward to your continuous support.
Regards,
Abhilasha Sihag.
