New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 350 slum dwellers in Delhi as the state government allotted them flats on Monday.

The slum dwellers, who had been living in the slums of Nehru Camp east Delhi’s Patparganj areas for decades, had an emotional meltdown when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them allotment letters for the one-bed room flats.

The new flats are built at Sector 16B of Dwarka in West Delhi and have been constructed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

A sobbing Mohammad Yasin, who had been living in Nehru Camp since 1997, said, “My jhuggi was bulldozed thrice by the authorities. I was compelled to live on the highway with my small kids. My household goods were stolen. I can’t forget those days.”

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