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Govt focusing on rehabilitation of slum dwellers: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

NEW DELHI: The Centre is committed to rehabilitating slum dwellers in Delhi and there is less than one 'jhuggi' per acre of land earmarked for their resettlement, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha.

Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri said the Centre has already provided alternative accommodation to the eligible people but only a few have occupied the flats and many of them have gone to court.

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