Nightmare on main street: Chinese migrant worker returns home to find his house turned into pile of rubble
Demolition was carried out by construction company contracted by local government for village road project, but owner is having a battle for compensation
The year 2016 did not get off to a good start for a farmer and migrant worker named Wang in Western China, who suddenly found himself homeless in January.
Wang returned to his home village in Shangnan county, Shaanxi province, earlier in January to discover his house has been demolished on the orders of local authorities, the Chinese Business View reports.
Wang’s house, which was located on the main street of Fushui town, was demolished on January 16, when no one was home, by the contracted construction company.
The demolition was part of the local government’s street construction project initiated in 2015, which involved demolishing more than 40 houses, including Wang’s.
Wang said he knew nothing about the demolition until he got a call from his sister the next day.
He rushed back to find his house “razed to the ground”.