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Plans to remove 16 homes in the Piliyakhal area of Indore to make way for an underground metro station near the Bada Ganpati site have advanced to the stage where demolition is scheduled for later this month, local officials say. Sixteen properties listed on official records are to be cleared, but residents say 28 families currently live there and are seeking alternative rehabilitation closer to their original neighbourhood. Authorities have proposed relocating the affected households to flats in the Tapti Complex at Rangwasa under the national housing programme, with INR1.29 crore already deposited for 16 units, though many residents argue that the distance will disrupt daily routines and children's schooling. Administrative officials have moved to address concerns by assuring support with school admissions for children under the Right to Education scheme while the relocation process progresses.
In Indore, construction of an underground station on the Yellow Line of the city's metro network has reached a phase where residential clearance is imminent, prompting local debate over rehabilitation arrangements. Authorities have identified 16 houses in the Piliyakhal locality that must be removed to facilitate the Bada Ganpati station works and have earmarked government-built flats at the Tapti Complex in Rangwasa as replacement housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, with a deposit of INR1.29 crore submitted to the district administration to secure allotments. Advertisement
However, residents and tenant associations have raised concerns that the official count does not reflect the total number of families affected, with claims that although there are 16 structures, up to 28 households currently inhabit the area and will lose their homes due to the upcoming demolition. Many of these households depend on local daily wage work and have children enrolled in private schools near Bada Ganpati and Kalani Nagar, raising practical concerns about longer commuting distances to Rangwasa.
In response, senior district officials have met with residents to explain that education continuity is being supported through facilitation of admissions under the Right to Education scheme for children who will move with their families. They also confirmed that the relocation process is in its final stages and will be completed shortly by the civic body alongside the metro management.
Despite these assurances, the displacement has triggered appeals to the collector's office for rehabilitation sites nearer to the existing community, which officials have so far deemed inadequate for constructing housing. The debate highlights the tension between advancing major infrastructure projects and addressing the needs and social stability of established local communities in expanding urban transit corridors.
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