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20 yrs after ‘rebuilding’ their lives, over 280 homes in Bakramandi face eviction; to move High court again | Ahmedabad News

20 yrs after ‘rebuilding’ their lives, over 280 homes in Bakramandi face eviction; to move High court again | Ahmedabad News

“Our house was demolished in 2005 but we rebuilt it at great cost after the court order… and now they are asking us to vacate our home entirely. We neither have another home nor the money to build a new one. We are all daily wagers.” The words of Naseembanu Shaikh, 55, who irons clothes for a living, echo the feelings of many others in Bakramandi Vasahat, an area adjacent to a goat market in Ranip area of Ahmedabad, as they protested on Monday against the eviction notices issued to them by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Their demands included alternate accommodation and time to vacate. Asking them to vacate in 10 days, the civic body has issued notices to residents of over 280 houses, stating that the shanties encroached on a town-planning road. Story continues below this ad This is the latest in a long-drawn conflict between the residents of the settlement that lay behind the largest goat market in Ahmedabad and the municipal corporation that has previously seen the razing of 175 houses …