Miloon Kothari The Untied Nations Special Rapporteur is misleading the UN Commission on Human Rights. When he states that "in Mumbai 80,000 homes were demolished between December 2004 and January 2005, rendering 300,000 people homeless. For majority of those evicted there was no advance notice, the evictions were violently carried out and their belongings damaged. Those evicted were not even offered alternative accommodation."
Please note
There were a number of businesses which operated from the so called "80000 homes".
That these individuals have encroached upon lands public and private and they had no right whatsoever to build anything on it.
If they were removed they had no one but themselves to blame for their plight.
There is ample remedies available to anyone under the law who has been removed without due process. What advance notice is he talking about?
Dosen't the Government have any obligation towards the law abiding and tax paying citizens of Mumbai?
I commend the Chief Minister for the courage to demolish these illegal structures.
Where else in the world would anyone dare to build their houses on public and private lands which did not belong to them.
