GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 16th August. Around 1,100 Rohingyas living in tents will be relocated soon to flats equipped with basic amenities and round-the-clock security.
The decision was made following a high-level meeting on Rohingya accommodation in the national capital. The meeting was presided over by the Chief Secretary of Delhi, and senior officials from the Delhi government, Delhi Police, and the Ministry of Home Affairs were present.
It was emphasised during the meeting held in the final week of July that the Delhi government was paying nearly Rs 7 lakh per month in rent for the tents to which Rohingyas were relocated in the Madanpur Khadar region after a fire incident occurred in the camp where they were staying.
“These refugees will soon be shifted to New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) flats in Bakkarwala village of Outer Delhi. There is a total of 250 flats belonging to the Economic Weaker Section (EWS) category where all 1,100 Rohingyas, currently residing in the Madanpur Khadar camp, will be accommodated,” said a senior official.
The meeting instructed the Delhi Police to provide security to the premises where these flats are located, and the Delhi Government’s Social Welfare department to ensure basic facilities such as a fan, three times meals, a landline phone, television, and recreational facilities in the new campus.
The Delhi government has been directed to equip the flat with basic amenities and hand it over to the FRRO (Foreign Regional Registration Offices), which will felicitate the relocation of Rohingya into these flats.
During COVID, NDMC provided the Delhi government with these flats in the Bakkarwala area for the isolation of suspected cases of coronavirus infection.
All Rohingyas who will be relocated to these flats will be identified by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and their information will be recorded.
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