COVID-19: Students write to Delhi CM demanding rent waiver
Team Careers360 | May 9, 2020 | 12:53 PM IST
NEW DELHI: With the nationwide lockdown nearing completion, students living in Delhi are facing crises from multiple fronts. Most urgently, they face eviction from their rented accommodations.
A group of students have come together to help each other and have written to Delhi's chief minister demanding relief and protection from harassment by landlords.
Earlier in April, Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal, had appealed to home owners to not pressurise their tenants for rent. He had also assured reimbursement once the lockdown ended, if tenants defaulted on payments.
Rent and COVID-19 lockdown
The state government has also launched a campaign to encourage people to lodge police complaints if house owners threaten eviction in the middle of the lockdown.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Disaster Management Authority on March 29 issued an order asking landlords in Delhi to not charge one month rent from migrant workers who are living in their rented accommodation. The DDMA also warned house owners of action for forcing labourers and students to vacate their premises.
The students are demanding that as the one-month duration of the previous order is already over and the lockdown has also been extended, there is an urgent need to issue fresh order to save students from eviction.
Also read:
- ‘Landlords forcing students for payment shall face action’: Delhi Govt
- MHRD releases ‘stay at home’ calendar for upper primary students
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