Eviction leaves residents with uncertain future as Chandigarh becomes slum

Residents of Chandigarh's Shahpur Colony look back on decades of memories and an uncertain future regarding alternate accommodation and disrupted livelihoods as bulldozers ran through their homes, bringing down the last remaining slum of the city.

The common capital between Punjab and Haryana became the country's first slum-free city after the demolition of Shahpur Colony, which was carried out on Tuesday, officials said.

The estate office pasted eviction notices in the area several days before the demolition drive was carried out, they claimed. All applications for rehabilitation were screened under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006, before the drive.

But some who did not have the required documents were left with no alternate accommodation.

''Where will I go with four daughters