Rat-hole miner Wakeel Hassan rejects another house offered in Delhi's Dilshad Garden

Rathole miner Wakeel Hassan who had lost his house in a demolition drive has rejected another offer of a house in Dilshad Garden here by the authorities he told PTI on SaturdayOn Friday night four government officers including an SDM came and offered me a house in Dilshad Garden but I refused to accept it as they wanted me to shift on a temporary basis Hassan saidIt was also not in writing That house belongs to an NGO he saidHours after the demolition DDA officials offered Hassan to move to an EWS economically weaker sections flat at Narela which is far from Khajoori Khas in northeast Delhi Hassan rejected it saying it was far and unsafeOn being asked why he is rejecting the second offer as Dilshad Garden is located near Khajoori Khas unlike farflung Narela he said the cost of his house which was razed by the DDA Delhi Development Authority was more than Rs 1 crore and if the government wants to compensate then the cost of the house should be matchedHassan who claimed to have been staying in Khajoori Khas for several years had lost his house in a demolition drive by DDA on WednesdayHe along with his wife and two children have been staying on a footpath and demonstrating against the driveOn Saturday during the rain in Delhi he made a video requesting people to come for his supportWhile talking to PTI he said that his belongings and household articles are lying open in the rain Today is the third day of my demonstration which will continue till I get the solution from the government he saidHassan further said that he had bought this plot from a private person for Rs 33 lakh in 201213After buying the plot I invested about Rs 8 lakh to build the rooms and also gave money to the DDA employees The cost of my house has now gone up to more than Rs 1 crore now he claimedVeer Dev Kaushik who lives in the same locality of Khajoori Khas near Hassans razed house said the locality was regularised by the Delhi government several years ago after which he along with many others invested money to buy the plotsHassan had also invested and bought a plot here But the corrupt DDA officials were still harassing him to get more money and when he failed to do so his house was razed Kaushik a government official in Uttar Pradeshs health department saidHassan was a part of the team of miners that rescued 41 construction workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhands Uttarkashi district by manually drilling through the debris in November last yearHassan told PTI on Thursday that DDA officials had said he would be provided a house but he refused the offer as it was only a verbal assuranceLater in the day he demanded that his house be reconstructed on the site where it stood and threatened to go on a hunger strike if his demand was not metThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever