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Bollywood veteran Zohra Sehgal facing accomodation issues (see pics)

New Delhi: Reacting to a media report that the urban development ministry declined to give Zohra Sehgal a ground floor flat because she doesn't qualify under certain clauses, the veteran actress's daughter feels it is

PTI Published : Feb 11, 2014 17:15 IST, Updated : Feb 11, 2014 17:30 IST



Kiran Sehgal also said she had first sent a request in 2011 to then chief minister Sheila Dikshit but nothing happened.

According to Kiran, there is a clause under which an artiste can get a government flat if he or she is below 60 years of age.

"I personally feel everyone needs help only when one crosses 60. So this clause should be completely removed. It's extremely silly and I strongly feel my mother's case should be taken as special," she said.

"She is living like a prisoner in her house. She can't move and when she has to move out, she has to climb stairs. She does that with great difficulty and almost cries," she added.

"For someone who has contributed so much to the world of entertainment, this treatment from the government is nothing but an insult," she added.
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