NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Indian Railways and the Centre to chalk out a rehabilitation scheme for families living at the encroached railway land, adjoining Haldwani Railway Station in Uttarakhand.
The apex court asked authorities to identify the land required for the expansion of railway tracks and the affected families.
The SC also asked the authorities to complete the exercise within four weeks and posted the matter for hearing for September 11.
The case pertains to the violence in February this year following an anti-encroachment operation conducted by the administration in Banbhoolpura area in the city.
As many as six people were killed and more than 100 people, including police personnel and journalists, were injured in the Banbhoolpura violence.
(With inputs from agencies)
Haldwani violence: SC asks Centre, railways to chalk out rehabilitation plan for families living on railway land | Bengaluru News
The Supreme Court has directed the Indian Railways and the Centre to develop a rehabilitation scheme for families living on encroached railway land near Haldwani Railway Station
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