With the BRICS Summit underway in Delhi, a slum settlement located along the Nelson Mandela Marg and Munirka Marg in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar has been covered with white-purple banners.
The banners went up on Thursday night (September 10, 2026), two days ahead of the summit, to “hide the slums” from foreign dignitaries visiting Delhi during the summit, residents said.
It’s situated a few kilometres away from the DLF Promenade mall in Vasant Kunj, and is surrounded by markets, parks, and government housing. the settlement housing sanitation workers has been veiled While the sanitation and beautification of the national capital is underway in full swing. Residents expressed exasperation with the government’s action in covering up slum settlements rather than investing in welfare programmes that uplift communities from poverty. “If the government has a problem with poverty, why isn’t anything being done to eradicate it? “We are not taking out our carts as we are afraid the police and MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) officials might seize them. “Despite having lived here for generations, we are not considered residents. I have no Aadhaar card, no voter card, no other document that can help me establish myself as a resident of Delhi. Ms.
Known as ‘Coolie Camp’, the settlement houses about 281 households, according to 2012 data from the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). The entire stretch along the Nelson Mandela Marg and Munirka Marg has been covered by 10-ft.-high curtains, with entry and exit restricted to two points, which has led to problems for them, residents said. Due to this, income has dropped over the last three days,” he said.
Golu, a sanitation worker, said. “We have been facing difficulty bringing in our carts and vehicles since these curtains have come up,” Mr. Manoj said. Reena said.
Tomorrow, if the government decides to demolish the slum, where will I go?
