A video of unauthorised trespassing on railway property in Haldwani went viral. This video, though, is from West Bengal and is outdated. Another image that makes the same claim and being disseminated is also from Kolkata.
The Supreme Court’s decision to halt an eviction effort on railway land on December 5 was welcomed news for the thousands of people who were homeless in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. “50,000 people cannot be uprooted overnight.” The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Uttarakhand High Court that had approved the eviction of the residents, stating that a suitable solution needed to be found because it was a human issue.
The hashtag “#HaldwaniEncroachment” rose to the top trends on Twitter on the day of this hearing. The hashtag included pictures of allegedly encroaching railroad property in Haldwani even selling veggies on railroad rails, Clothes, Bathing.
