Dozers Demolish Homes in Kohalpur, Resident Collapses
Summary
Kohalpur Municipality has demolished multiple homes built on public land in Ward No. 11, displacing many families, with a resident fainting due to stress and injury during the clearance operation.
Key Points
- Kohalpur Municipality is carrying out a campaign to clear houses and huts built on public and government land in Ward No. 11 around the cricket ground area.
- Around 40 families' houses were demolished on the first day, with another 140 structures removed on the second day of the campaign.
- Yashoda BK, a 45-year-old resident, fainted due to stress and injury during the demolition and was hospitalized before being discharged.
- The municipality claims most affected families own property elsewhere and plans to support genuinely homeless families.
- 751 families have been occupying land illegally, including landless Dalits and squatters, with only a portion verified as genuinely landless.
