Residents of Balmiki Basti in the Takia Kale Khan locality surveyed charred remains on 23 June 2026 after a fire gutted several slum dwellings behind Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A fire broke out at multiple slum dwellings in the Balmiki Basti area of Takia Kale Khan, located behind Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, on 23 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A blaze tore through slum shelters in Balmiki Basti, Takia Kale Khan, on 23 June 2026, with the affected zone situated directly behind Maulana Azad Medical College in central New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
In the wake of the 23 June 2026 fire, Balmiki Basti residents walked through the wreckage of homes that were completely gutted, with the blaze having originated behind Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Charred debris marked the Balmiki Basti slum cluster in Takia Kale Khan after the fire on 23 June 2026, as displaced residents picked through what remained of their belongings near Maulana Azad Medical College. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Families from the Balmiki Basti settlement in Takia Kale Khan, New Delhi, surveyed the extent of destruction on 23 June 2026 after the fire razed several dwellings behind Maulana Azad Medical College. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A resident of Balmiki Basti inspected the ruins of slum dwellings on 23 June 2026, a day the fire swept through homes behind Maulana Azad Medical College in the Takia Kale Khan locality of New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Community members in Balmiki Basti, Takia Kale Khan, gathered on 23 June 2026 to assess the human and material toll after the fire destroyed several slum homes near Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Multiple slum homes in the Takia Kale Khan area of New Delhi were razed to the ground on 23 June 2026, as the fire spread rapidly through the densely packed Balmiki Basti settlement behind Maulana Azad Medical College. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Residents of the Balmiki Basti slum cluster were reportedly left homeless after the 23 June 2026 fire gutted dwellings in Takia Kale Khan, New Delhi, near Maulana Azad Medical College. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The full scale of destruction at Balmiki Basti, Takia Kale Khan, became visible on 23 June 2026 as residents walked through the fire-ravaged slum behind Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, taking stock of what was lost. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)