The demolition of nearly 150 homes and shops in North Delhi’s Shalimar village began on 31 May 2026 after the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court upheld a decades-old land acquisition claim tied to a road expansion project. Residents, many of whom have lived in the locality for over 50 years, say the government had previously recognised their settlement through documents, utilities and conveyance deeds under regularisation schemes. The residents, mostly low-income workers, dread homelessness and financial hardship.