From a single mom to sole income producers of middle-class migrant households, numerous citizens of Mehrauli remain in misery. Their homes under the shadow of a demolition drive by the Delhi Development Authority, lots of fear the EMIs of home loans they have actually taken would haunt them for the next years or more.
As the drive continued for the 3rd day on Sunday, a group of citizens, consisting of ladies, were apprehended for objecting versus cops and DDA authorities.
While residents declared they were whipped, cops rejected this. “They (residents) were obstructing DDA personnel and police. Some women threw chilli powder at the police. A few were detained. Suitable legal action will be taken,” said a senior law enforcement officer. They were launched later on.
On Sunday, Manjula Kumari (40), who purchased a 2BHK flat in Pearl Residency, a multi-storey building in Andheria Mor, stood outside the complex with other citizens. Next to them was debris from a five-storey building that was partly destroyed 2 days back. For the minute, their building, in addition to a couple of others, has actually handled to obtain a stay order from the High Court till February 16. The court’s status quo is for 8 plot numbers in ward 8.
A single mom of 3, Kumari relocated to Delhi in 2019 for her kids’s education. She works as a civil servant with the CRPF and is presently published in Chandigarh. Her moms and dads and her kids reside in your house she purchased while she checks out frequently. “On Friday, my daughter came home from school and called me crying about the bulldozers demolishing the building nearby. I took leave and got here as soon as I could… I have put in all I have into this house. There has been no electricity for two days and we have not eaten anything,” said Kumari, who comes from Bihar.
She said she took a loan of Rs 28 lakh from a federal government bank for the flat, which cost Rs 30 lakh. The EMI will now go on for the next 17 years and she has actually been paying about Rs 25,000 on a monthly basis. Kumari said she will stop paying the EMI and litigate to combat this oppression.
Residents likewise revealed issues about their kids’s upcoming Board assessments and how their research studies have actually been interrupted.
Rajeev Ranjan, a citizen of Pearl Residency for 2 years now, said: “We have a registry. We paid the money by taking loans from government banks. We are all middle-class working people and cannot afford to buy a house if loans are not sanctioned. How can you call this illegal if we hold all government documents?”
The 38-year-old works at a personal IT company in Noida and deals with his better half, seven-year-old kid and elderly dad at their 2BHK house. He is the sole income producer.
Ranjan took a loan of about Rs 26.5 lakh for the flat and pays an EMI of Rs 21,000 each month, presently at a rate of interest of 9.4%, which he said will last for the next twenty years. “This is my hard-earned money. We saved for four-five years to make this home for ourselves. We can’t leave unless there is a solid decision from the court. We can’t afford to rent out a new house with the ongoing EMI, we are not even sure whether we will be able to pay our EMI back,” said Ranjan, who comes from Bihar.
He said 12 out of 13 property owners in his apartment building have actually taken a loan.
Some revealed dissatisfaction at their houses being tagged as ‘jhuggis’. “The media is calling our home a jhuggi, an unauthorised colony,” said John, who comes from Darjeeling.
He said he took a loan of Rs 25 lakh from a personal bank, at a greater rate of interest of 12.5%, to purchase a 2BHK flat in Pearl Residency. “At the age of 45, I have no strength or means to make extra money. I have absolutely no idea what to do next,” he said.
Several citizens likewise offered their gold to purchase a house in the region. One such individual was Pooja Das (38) from Kolkata. A single mom who works as a cook in the houses in Delhi, she obtained about Rs 9 lakh from her family members and offered gold to purchase a 1BHK flat worth Rs 15 lakh in Greens Apartment. “People are calling this a jhuggi jhopdi. We have a proper registry; the government has levied stamp duty, we hold electricity and water bills, and we pay house tax. How can this be illegal?” Das asked.
