Haryana Government on Tuesday announced a rehabilitation scheme for the voters of the state residing in Faridabads Khori village, where the Supreme Court had refused to stay the demolition of around 10,000 illegally constructed houses. Under the scheme, the eligible residents will get EWS flats with facilities like electricity, water and toilets in Dabua Colony and Bapu Nagar area.

Giving details about the scheme, Commissioner, Faridabad , Garima Mittal said that the Khori slum of Faridabad is not environmentally Sound. Keeping in view this human aspect, a rehabilitation plan has been prepared for the residents of Khori area. A camp will be organized for the persons who want to join the rehabilitation scheme, she said.

She said that three documents have been included in the criteria set for the residents of Lakarpur Khori area of Faridabad that have been included in the rehabilitation scheme. In this, the income of the applicants family should not exceed Rs 3 lakh annually, the name of the head of the family should be registered in the voter list of Badkhal assembly constituency of Haryana as on January 1, 2021.

People included in voter list of National Capital Region of Delhi will not be included in the scheme. In second document, the head of the family should have a Parivar Pehchan Patra issued by the state of Haryana till January 1, 2021. As a third document, any member of the family, male or female, should have an electricity connection issued by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigams, she said.

Notably, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had recently announced plans to launch a rehabilitation scheme for Haryana voters only in Khori village. He had said that in total, 1,400 families are Haryana voters in this village.