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Bela Estate: Farmland and homes gone, 728 Delhi pavement dwellers now fight to retain voting rights

· 14 September 2026 · 2 min read
Bela Estate: Farmland and homes gone, 728 Delhi pavement dwellers now fight to retain voting rights

Alt News has reported a new India-focused explainers development: “Bela Estate: Farmland and homes gone, 728 Delhi pavement dwellers now fight to retain voting rights.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: “First they destroyed our farmland. Then they demolished our homes. Now they are trying to take away our voting rights,” said 74-year-old Sheela Devi, as she stood in front of her jhuggi underneath a bridge near Delhi’s Raj Ghat. The ‘they’ she referred to comprises the Delhi

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