Petition: APPEAL FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF SLUM DWELLERS IN MUMBAI. Location: http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/542362637 1. Request the Government to help rebuild the demolished houses of Mumbai slum dwellers to protect them from the vagaries of nature. 2. Request the Government not to resort to police action as was done in Mandala, Mankurd, Mumbai and allow the people to live like human beings. ****************** To: Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Fax - 022- 22029214 / 23631446 Phone: 23634950: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] R.R. Patil, Deputy C.M., Maharashtra FAX: 022 - 22024873 Phone: 22022401 & 22024300 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Appeal for realizing the basic human rights of slum dwellers in Mumbai. Dear Sirs, We feel agonized to write to you after the unprecedented calamity that has hit Mumbai and Maharashtra. We know the pressure and challenges you are going through trying to deal with all kinds of needs and requirements. The actual calamity now known to be unprecedented because of the unplanned development in Mumbai obstructing natural waterways and drainage systems and did not differentiate between castes, class and gender. The worst affected however are those who are shelterless facing the torrential rains or live in such shelters, which do not stand such calamities. The families whose houses were demolished in the recent drive number around 70,000 who were in the open or in houses, which were flooded. The whole of mumbai understood the value of shelter the people in the demolished slums had to face the rains with no shelter of their own. Thousands are living in such conditions bringing shame not just to the government and country but to whole of humanity. Many of them live without a roof over their heads or under very temporary structures that too under the constant threat of demolition. The conditions are such that, any outbreak of diseases will lead to an epidemic with water logging, lack of sanitation and drainage. The demolished slum dwellers need your care and support and more importantly a roof over their head. Every human being have a basic right to shelter as part of their right to life and livelihood. We request you under this circumstance of extreme suffering and trauma to allow the slum dwellers to rebuild their houses which could protect them from the vagaries of nature. We also request you not to resort to police action as was done in Mandala, Mankurd, Mumbai and allow the people to live like human beings. Yours sincerely, [The Undersigned] ---------------------------------
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