7,400 flats for poor, zero residents—how red tape made Delhi’s Bhalswa project a ghost town

A slogan promised “sach hoga sapna jab ghar hoga ek apna”—the dream will come true when we will own a house of our own. Over three lakh families registered. That was 2008. The flats at Bhalswa have stood empty ever since with rusting doors, crumbling walls, and a land acquisition dispute that a Delhi court once called a travesty. Saman Husain traces how six days and one legal shortcut in 1998 set off a chain of events that left 7,400 homes empty, built on land the government never fully owned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read full article here: https://theprint.in/ground-reports/74... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8