Faridabad: 892 EWS flats allotted to Khori oustees on provisional basis

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, September 28

The Municipal Corporation has started the allotment of EWS flats to oustees of Khori village on a provisional basis. So far, 892 flats have been allotted. The civic body proposes to give 2,545 flats lying vacant in Bapu Nagar and Dabua Colony here to Khori oustees.

ALL FAMILIES HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED

The MC has fewer flats in comparison with the number of affected families. The rehabilitation scheme will be a failure if all oustees are not given flats. — Nirmal Gorana, khori awas sangharsh samiti

The move comes in the wake of the Supreme Court order, according to which affected families were to be rehabilitated following the demolition drive in Khori village carried out in July.

“A tender for repairing the flats, which are in a dilapidated condition, has been released. The flats will be handed over to Khori oustees by April 30 next year,” said a senior MC official.

Applicants need to produce voter ID card or Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) issued prior to January 2021 or an electricity bill in order to be eligible for allotment.

The official said, “The documents are under scrutiny. If the documents are found to be invalid, the provisional allotment will be cancelled.”

Bhupender Singh, senior architect, MC, said: “About 2,400 applications have been received so far. The last date to apply is November 15. Applicants will be given an opportunity to appeal if their applications are rejected.”

In all, 365 persons have accepted the provisional allotment, it is claimed.

Nirmal Gorana of the Khori Awas Sangharsh Samiti said, “The MC has fewer flats in comparison with the number of affected families. The rehabilitation scheme will be a failure if all oustees are not given flats.”

The MC had razed more than 9,500 houses in Khori village, which was part of the forestland under the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA).