Schools, offices, markets and restaurants have been ordered to close for three days as the city is cleaned up ahead of the arrival of world leaders
“They have covered our area so that poor people like us, and poverty in the country, is not witnessed by the people arriving from abroad,” says Devi, 50. “When it is election time, every politician comes to see us. They eat with us and make promises. But today, they are ashamed of our presence.”
A general view of a slum cluster area after the clean-up drive ahead of the G20 summit at Janta Camp near Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi.While the Delhi police have made several statements to assure people that this is “not a lockdown”, the poorer residents and daily wage earners of the city, many of whom live hand-to-mouth and cannot afford to lose even one day of work, say the impact will be devastating.
Vineet Singh, 35, who runs a small grocery shop in the slum, says the barricades had hidden his business from view and he had to cut a hole in it so customers could enter. His earnings had already plummeted from 1,000 rupees a day, to just a few hundred rupees. “I have a family to feed,” he said. “Who will compensate for my losses?”
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