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Chandigarh clears Last slum: about 500 hutments face bulldozers in Sector 38 West Colony
Punjab Times (English Edition)
|October 01, 2025
In an early morning crackdown, the Enforcement Wing of the UT Estate Office launched a massive demolition drive in Shahpur Colony, Sector 38 West, the last slum of the city.
An official of the Enforcement Wing said that drive was launched around 7 am and the operation was still on. "Most of the hutments have been removed," he said. After the demolition of this slum, Chandigarh will become the first slum-free city of India.
This story is from the October 01, 2025 edition of Punjab Times (English Edition).
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