The Delhi Development Authority on Wednesday morning demolished the house of one of the Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescuers, Vakeel Hasan. According to the authority, they conducted the demolition drive to remove encroachment from its acquired land in the village Khajuri Khas in northeast Delhi. The land was part of planned development land, the DDA officials said.
Mr. Hasan while speaking to The Hindu said, “We were not given any notice of the demolition, the area we live in is a regularised colony, I built my house in 2012-13 but DDA came suddenly at 9 a.m. and pushed us out of our home.”
The authority did not respond to calls for further questions.
