New Delhi. The Municipal Corporation Dharamsala (MCD) forcefully evicted the 35 year old Charan Khad Slum with 1500 people (more than 300 families) from Dharamsala.
Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics, Kandbari, Palampur has issued an apeal in this regard, which is as follows-
we need you support to phone, SMS the authorities regarding the illegal demolition of Slums in Dharamshala
We need to get the DC, JC and SP to get phone calls and SMS from outside asking why the illegal eviction took place and asking the administration to take responsibility and respond to the demand for rehabilitation immediately.
Numbers of the DC (Ritesh Chauhan) 01892-222103(O), JC (S.K Chaudhari (9418456640) also send SMS
Some points that can be mentioned
Please mention that the Demolition is Unconstitutional and illegal.
That the residents of the slum are on the road and at the mercy of weather
That they need to rehabilitate and give some relief to the residents.
That this is violation of right to shelter under the constitution

Slum Demolition at Charan Khad
The MCD (Municipal Corporation Dharamsala) forcefully evicted the 35 year old Charan Khad Slum with 1500 people (more than 300 families) from Dharamsala (see copies of both eviction orders ) on 16 and 17th June '16)
That the MCD provided no rehabilitation and just dumped the occupants across villages, forests and roadsides around Dharamsala. That some people sat on common lands, some on lands rented by locals and others rented out rooms while many were roaming the streets - children, women, old, disabled spending nights hungry in the rain.
In many places locals shunted out the occupants and threatened to burn their belongings
That the MCD issued a press note on 21st June stating that any one who provided accommodation would be liable for action by the MCD and that they would evict the occupants under section 278 of the HP Municipal Act
Following this people were thrown out of rented accommodations
They now have nowhere to go - most of the people's children are studying in government schools in Dharamsala
We met the Joint Commissioner (S.K Chaudhari) MCD yesterday who has issued the eviction orders and he refused to take any responsibility for his actions or respond to the demand for rehabilitation
Based on the above circumstances the settlers have no choice but to struggle for their right to housing/shelter.
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Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics
Kandbari, Palampur
Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 176061

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