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NEW DELHI: The recent demolition drives of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at three dhobi ghats operating on the banks of the Yamuna have left the dhobi community in the Capital high and dry. The action, initiated in the wake of a recent Delhi High Court order asking to get rid of all constructions within 300 metres from the river bank, without any relocation of dhobis has severely affected more than 600 families who were living there for past several decades. During the past couple of months, the civic body has demolished dhobi ghats at Yamuna Pushta near ITO, behind Indira Gandhi indoor stadium and Qudsia Ghat near ISBT Kashmere Gate. While the one at Qudsia Ghat is said to be in existence since the Mughal era, the other two at Yamuna Pushta and near IGI stadium were inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and former Union Urban Development Minister Jagmohan respectively. At the time of the construction of bridge over Yamuna connecting ISBT Kashmere Gate with Shahdara in 2000, it was decided not to remove dhobis at Qudsia Ghat till they were rehabilitated, a decision taken in 1975. Similarly, the ghat near IGI stadium had come up after dhobis were relocated from near Minto Road to pave way for Zakir Hussain College, while the ghat at Yamuna Pushta was built by the Delhi Government on the demand of the dhobi community. "Unlike slum dwellers, the families of these dhobis were not even given time to collect their belongings as the civic body bulldozers razed the ghats. No alternate sites were given to them who have been working here for the past many decades," alleged Delhi Dhobi Samaj president Manohar Lal Tanwar, who claims that around 3.5 lakh-dhobi community in the Capital was sore over the Government's neglect of their long-standing demands that include a comprehensive policy and scheme for their development.
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