A heartbreaking picture of a woman cooking her meal outside her demolished house in Chennai city of India is going viral.
The viral picture was shared by the Indian-based news agency ANI. The woman, named Priya, is seen sitting on the floor amid the rubble following an anti-encroachment drive.
Priya said she resorted to the measure as she has nowhere else to go.
TN | A woman started to cook on streets after her house was demolished in anti-encroachment drive, in Chennai
We have documents of our house. It was demolished without any information. I started cooking here on streets as I have nowhere to go: Priya, whose house was demolished pic.twitter.com/Fnl3JMw6Oy
— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2022
“We have documents of our house,” she said as quoted in the report. “It was demolished without any information. I started cooking here on (the) streets as I have nowhere to go.”
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The woman said the government is yet to fulfil their promise of giving them a house under their housing scheme.
“Officials say they will give houses through a housing scheme for only those having three members in their family, they have made us all homeless. I have my sick mother and my kids. I will not go from here,” she added.
Here’s how social media users reacted to the incident.
This bulldozer culture is inhumane and must stop…
Grant them alternate houses first under PMAY and then bulldoze
— Ankit (@NewIndia2047) May 9, 2022
Lagi gi aag tu aayenge tumhare makan bhi ‘ yahan sirf hamara makan thori hai. . . 😪
So sad for her. .— Moulana jameel Ahmed (@HafizJameelMj1) May 9, 2022
Gareeb logo perhi chalao bulldozer amiro KO to melord choti moti chori kehkr chod dete hai
Kuch Dino meim log in bulldozer valo ko hi pitne lagenge .Riots situation creat ki ja Rahi hai— Ritu🇮🇳 (@Sushritu) May 9, 2022
It is pertinent to mention that anti-encroachment drives are taking place across India.
