CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan and General Secretary Muzahidul Islam Selim, in a statement, said the right to shelter is a fundamental right of people and there is a verdict of the High Court that without arranging alternative housing for the slum dwellers they would not be evicted.

Despite this verdict, slums are demolished in a large scale causing immense sufferings to them, they said, adding that evicting hawkers without rehabilitation also halted their livelihood.