“‘They are also human beings’: SC asks govt to come out with rehabilitation scheme before removing encroachments on Haldwani railway land”, Opindia, July 24, 2024:
“The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and state government to come out with a rehabilitation scheme for people asked to vacate railway land in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani area.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and Ujjal Bhuyan directed railway authorities and governments to identify the land required for the expansion of railway tracks and the families likely to be affected. It further asked authorities to complete the exercise within four weeks and scheduled the next hearing for September 11.
“Have you issued any notice? Why are you riding on the back of a PIL? If there are encroachers, railways should issue notice to the encroachers. How many people are you seeking to evict? They are also human beings,” Justice Bhuyan asked……”
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There are many infiltrators from Bangladesh. They sneaked through the Indo-Bangladesh border, managed to escape to Haldowani and grabbed land there operating business as if they are fellow Indians. So these land grabbers must be evicted and deported.