The decision was taken after a high-level meeting over the accommodation of Rohingya in the national capital was held. The meeting was chaired by the chief secretary of Delhi and was attended by senior officials of the Delhi government, Delhi Police and Ministry of Home Affairs.
In the meeting that was held during the last week of July, it was emphasised that the Delhi government was bearing around 7 lakh rupees per month rent for the tents where Rohingyas were shifted in the Madanpur Khadar area after a fire incident happened in the camp where they were living, reads the report.
“These refugees will soon be shifted to New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) flats in Bakkarwala village of Outer Delhi. There are a total of 250 flats belonging to the economic weaker section category where all 1,100 Rohingyas, currently residing in the Madanpur Khadar camp, will be accommodated,” said a senior official.
In the meeting, the police department was instructed to provide security to the premises. The social welfare department of the Delhi government has to ensure basic facilities like a fan, three times meals, a landline phone, television and recreational facilities in the new campus.
As per the report, the Delhi government has been ordered to equip the flat with basic amenities and hand it over to foreign regional registration offices which will facilitate the shifting of Rohingyas into these flats.
During the Covid pandemic, NDMC had provided these flats in the Bakkarwala area to the Delhi government for isolation of suspected cases of coronavirus infection.
All Rohingyas who will be shifted to these flats hold the unique ID of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and their details are on record. (ANI)