Madrasi Camp, New Delhi.
shankarlaxman
Madrasi camp
Ms. Anjali wife of Mr.Magesh had contested for the post of councilor previous year, to bring change in the state of the slum. Being a woman from a slum, it was quite a brave effort to contest election. Her husband and the people in the slum backed her. The issues like sanitation, visiting doctors for regular check ups, officials from MCD for checking cleanliness and dengue, have gone unnoticed. The sanitation is the biggest problem these people are dealing with. They don't have a place to shit. A structure has been built that supposedly meant for this purpose. Many of the local opined that MCD released a tender for public toilets. Apparently the contractor made a fool out of the people and the structure never got completed. Ms. Anjali says, "What we want is a place to stay, if it is not this slum. There are no assurances as yet for a relocation, But we are assured by the official that we don't belong to this place." There are many cases of relocation, where they put these people quite far from the place they work, many times 25 to 30 kms.
