UP's Bulldozer in the Heart of Delhi: Okhla Colony Faces Demolition Threat

Delhi News: Okhla village, located in the southeast area of ​​Delhi, is once again at the center of controversy. The UP Irrigation Department has declared about 80 houses and shops built on khasra number 277 illegal and has given an ultimatum to vacate them within 15 days. The order is clear: "If the construction is not removed after June 5, then the bulldozer will be used." But the residents here are strongly opposing it and say, "We will give our lives but will not vacate the house."

An angry elder said, "If a bulldozer climbs the house, you have to cross our corpses first."

Whose land is there? Questions hanging for 50 years

The question is big: Are these really illegal constructions? Hundreds of people in the area call this land their life's earnings. They claim that they bought this land by paying money to farmers, with papers and registry. Electricity and water bills have been paid to property tax. Then today, why is the government suddenly calling them "intruders"?

More than 80 houses and shops now have about 150 families. A woman cried, crying, "This house was built by my husband 18 years ago. Now the government will break it?"

Notice, but not court

According to Junior Engineer Rajendra Javitri, this land belongs to the UP Irrigation Department. He claimed that illegal occupation had been done for the last 40 years. But this is the biggest question: if this land was government, then why did the department sit silent for the last 40 years?

So far there is no case in the court, no FIR, just a notice and a red mark. Did the department now understand the importance of this land?

We will go to court, but not surrender even a single hut

Many people of the area are ready for a legal battle. Some have even won the case on the Khasra earlier. A resident named Mohammad Ahmed said, "Last year, an order had come to break 10 houses as illegal, but the court gave the stay. Today there was no notice on the same houses."

Their question is justified: "If some houses are valid in the same Khasra, then how did the rest become illegal?"

'Bulldozer Politics' or Real Occupation?

This issue is no longer just about land; it has become an emotional battle. The sound of bulldozers is being heard on the foundations of people's lives. This is not just a question of Okhla, but of millions of urban poor who build their lives in landless places, and then suddenly the system declares them "illegal."

All Eyes are on 5 June

Now everyone's eyes are on June 5 - will the police force and JCB really enter this colony? Or will people win the battle for their land and life from the court? On one side there is the power of administration; on the other side there are hundreds of common people… The result of this confrontation will now write history.