Hundreds left homeless in Delhi's searing heatwave as authorities raze Govindpuri slum

AS bulldozers rolled in before dawn at the Bhoomiheen jhuggi-jhopri camp in south Delhi's Govindpuri on Wednesday, families scrambled to gather their meagre belongings in the dark.

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By the time the sun was up, hundreds were left homeless in the searing heatwave of the national capital.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said that 344 jhuggi constructions, the majority of which were uninhabited, were demolished on its encroached land and that there was no stay by any court.

Among the many despondent residents was 45-year-old Satyawati, a domestic worker who was born and raised in the very camp now turned into rubble.