Efforts to find a “medium to long-term” residential solution for over 50 Rohingya refugee families, consisting of an estimated 250 people, under the eyes of the local police are at the core of the latest political tussle between the BJP-led Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party-led (AAP) Delhi government.
In the works for over a year, a fire at the Rohingya camp in Kanchan Kunj near Kalindi Kunj on June 21, 2021, which claimed 50 hutments, is understood to have triggered the move, according to the minutes of a meeting where it was decided upon, Delhi government sources said.
“It was proposed that these refugees can be shifted to 240 EWS DUSIB Flats constructed at Bakkarwala, which were inspected and found suitable for housing Rohingya,” the minutes stated.
