Cross marks signal eviction at Bhai Ram Camp

Women sit outside marked homes at Bhai Ram Camp, a slum cluster adjoining the Prime Minister's official residence on Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, as cross marks on walls signal an imminent court-ordered eviction on 26 August 2026.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, 25 August 2026 directed residents of Bhai Ram Camp, Masjid Camp and DID Colony to vacate within six weeks and relocate to alternative accommodation at Savda Ghevra.

A cross mark painted on a wall at Bhai Ram Camp — a slum cluster located near the Prime Minister's official residence on Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi — signals the start of a court-mandated relocation process photographed on 26 August 2026.

Residents of Bhai Ram Camp have been directed by the Delhi High Court to relocate to Savda Ghevra, the designated alternative accommodation, within a six-week window that began on 25 August 2026.

The Delhi High Court order covers three settlements — Bhai Ram Camp, Masjid Camp and DID Colony — all directed to vacate and shift to Savda Ghevra within six weeks of the 25 August 2026 ruling.

Cross marks painted on homes at Bhai Ram Camp in New Delhi serve as physical markers of the Delhi High Court's eviction directive, visually flagging dwellings scheduled for vacation under the 25 August 2026 order.

The slum cluster at Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi — situated near the Prime Minister's official residence — is among the areas covered by the Delhi High Court's six-week vacate directive issued on 25 August 2026.

Women are seen seated outside a cross-marked dwelling at Bhai Ram Camp, New Delhi, on 26 August 2026 — a day after the Delhi High Court ordered residents of the settlement to relocate to Savda Ghevra within six weeks.

A six-week countdown for residents of Bhai Ram Camp to vacate their homes began after the Delhi High Court's 25 August 2026 order, with cross marks on walls serving as on-ground indicators of the relocation deadline.

Residents of Bhai Ram Camp, Masjid Camp and DID Colony must leave their current dwellings and move to Savda Ghevra, as directed by the Delhi High Court in its order of 25 August 2026 — a relocation affecting multiple slum clusters in central New Delhi.

Cross marks are visible across multiple houses at Bhai Ram Camp, New Delhi, indicating the wide scope of the Delhi High Court's eviction order, which requires the entire settlement to vacate by the court-set deadline following the 25 August 2026 ruling.

Cross marks painted across homes at Bhai Ram Camp — a slum settlement near the Prime Minister's official residence on Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi — document the scale of the Delhi High Court's order directing three colonies to relocate to Savda Ghevra within six weeks of 25 August 2026.

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