Live! Curfew lifted from all areas of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar
September 16, 2013 18:36
Curfew has been lifted from all areas of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar. Here's a report on what's happening on the ground.
"Sirf apni jaan layein hain saath mein baki sab mar gaya" (Only we are alive, everything else is finished). These words of 26-year-old and homeless Mehraaj sum up the tale of the people in two big relief camps in this riot-torn city who have refused to go back to their homes.
A number of families from nearby villages of Khedipatti, Kutba-Kutbi, Dulehra, Kirthar, Kharad, Bawdi, Sisouli, Marwada, Nawad, Badeh and Kilori are based at these camps at Bassikalan and Tawli which were also visited by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today.
"Sirf apni jaan layein hain saath mein baki sab mar gaya" (Only we are alive, everything else is finished). These words of 26-year-old and homeless Mehraaj sum up the tale of the people in two big relief camps in this riot-torn city who have refused to go back to their homes.
A number of families from nearby villages of Khedipatti, Kutba-Kutbi, Dulehra, Kirthar, Kharad, Bawdi, Sisouli, Marwada, Nawad, Badeh and Kilori are based at these camps at Bassikalan and Tawli which were also visited by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today.
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