Another Place, Another Demolition: Daman, Run By A Modi Aide, Latest To Deal With Trauma Of Forced Eviction
Appointed by the union government, the administrator of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Praful Patel, ordered two demolition drives over in Daman in 2023 to remove houses deemed to be ‘illegal encroachments’ on government land, latest in a spate of demolitions in BJP-run or controlled state and union territories.