Evicted slum dwellers in Kolkata threaten to exercise NOTA option

The evicted group alleged that they had been forced to spend nights under the open sky at a time when trafficking has increased manifold and many children have stopped attending school.

For their safety, the evicted families have sought the help of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an NGO, working on anti-trafficking.
 
An activist of the NGO claimed around 8-9 children had gone missing as a fall-out of the eviction and said, "We fear they were trafficked. Now they don't have a proper shelter and so the risk is much more."

Many of the evictees have shifted to other slums. Shahidul Bibi, one of the evictees, said, "I worked as a ragpicker in the area and after we had to shift to Subhashgram it became tough to travel daily to Topsia. Half of my earning is gone in train fares."
 
For children it was a problem to attend classes in their old schools, which suddenly became far away from their new shanties. The families say they have approached all leaders and government offices, but no one has promised any help in rehabilitating them.