Many slums disappear from Indian capital ahead of G20 summit

A woman fills drinking water in containers next to a drain behind the slum area before it was demolished by the authorities near the upcoming G20 Summit main venue in New Delhi, India, May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp area heard that the G20 summit was to be held in the Indian capital, barely 500 metres (yards) from their homes, they expected it would benefit them as well.

Instead, they were rendered homeless.