Summary:
“In 2016, the then Congress government had come up with a plan to give lands to slum dwellers, but the BJP government did not act on it. After that the PM declared the ‘housing for all’ scheme under which over 30,000 homes were to be built for slum dwellers in the state but not a single has since been built. “A similar situation arose in Delhi but then the government brought Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006, and the court did not rule against it. “They have been living here for decades and if their homes are demolished where will they go? Uttarakhand government too can bring an ordinance on the same lines..