Resettled or Un-settled? : Displaced communities in Bawana region of North-West Delhi from the Social Work Perspective

Authors

  • Dr Sunita Bahmani Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi
  • Dr Mali Devi Sawariya Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n05.003

Keywords:

Bawana, relocated, slum, Delhi, Social Work, Community

Abstract

The present study is aimed towards exploring the politics of resettlement by studying the quality of life in the resettlement colonies where the displaced communities from yamuna pushta were forced to settle down for the last eighteen years. In the name of development, the urban planners failed to give justice to this evicted families as the eviction forced an unending challenge of livelihood and quality of life that adversely affects these families even till now. Based on data collected from around 150 families through mixed methods research, this research highlights and underlines how unsettled the policy of resettlement is in real terms and its consequences over marginalised communities were interpreted through discourse analysis. Also, this research suggests that inclusiveness and integrated-ness in schemes of resettlement will only be meaningful if and only if it is for the welfare of socially and economically vulnerable sections, in accordance with the Independent India’s constitution and its mandate.

Author Biographies

Dr Sunita Bahmani, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi

Dr Sunita Bahmani is presently teaching as Associate Professor at Department of Social Work in Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi. She has been teaching since 1999 (23 years). She is a Lifetime member of National Association of Professional Social Workers in India. Her areas of interest are Women empowerment, community organization, counselling and Social Work with individuals and working as a consultant in various NGOs of Delhi and Haryana.

Dr Mali Devi Sawariya, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi

Dr Mali Devi Sawariya is presently teaching as Assistant Professor at Department of Social Work in Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi. She has been teaching and supervision experience of more than ten years. She is currently Program Office of National Service Scheme Unit, Aditi Mahavidyalaya. Her areas of interests are the Social Work with Vulnerable sections, Welfare Approach and Interventions, Critical discourse in Popular culture, emerging feminist perspectives in social work, Qualitative Methods and Significance of Critical Social Work practice in contemporary times. She pursued M.A. Social Work, M. Phil and Ph.D from Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.

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Bawana JJ Colony caught in vicious circle of misery, The Hindu, 2011

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Published

15-05-2023

How to Cite

Bahmani, S., & Sawariya, M. D. (2023). Resettled or Un-settled? : Displaced communities in Bawana region of North-West Delhi from the Social Work Perspective. RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 8(5), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n05.003

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Vol. 8 No. 5 (2023): RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary

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