In Indore's Ganeshganj, life is now restricted to five-by-five feet cubicles

INDORE: For the ones affected due to the

demolition drive

at Ganeshganj, a twist of fate brought the worst of times. Never did they think that life could become so cruel that in a day they would be forced out of their homes to live in enclosures as small as five-by-five feet with their families, that too without the basic facilities like water, electricity and toilets.

Around 200 houses were demolished at Ganeshganj. The residents not only lost their houses, they lost all hopes to provide a better future to their children.

Nitin Rathore

, a resident who owned a 100-year-old building in the area was seen cooking on the pavement. While he had managed to set up a

temporary kitchen

outside his home, he was not sure if he would be able to feed his family for a long time.

“I also lost my shop along with the house. I am left with no source of income now. I have to start everything from zero,” Rathore said.

The conditions of most shops in the area are similar. Some have set up temporary shops but claimed that their profit have gone down by more than 80 per cent.

While the adults have taken this as their fate, children still fail to understand that life would not be the same again.

“There is no water supply in our house, we have not taken bath from last two days, female members of the family have to face lot of problems due to lack of toilets,” said

Mukesh Pawar

.

The IMC had earlier provided some tankers for water supply but the residents claimed that the service had also stopped.

“We are not against development, they have taken everything in the name of development but at least they should help us survive with whatever is left,” said Rakesh, another resident.

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