: Two years after Delhi violence, riot victims still await compensation for their losses #IndiaNEWS For the last two years, Amreen, who goes by a single name, has lived with the anxiety that the walls

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Two years after Delhi violence, riot victims still await compensation for their losses #IndiaNEWS
For the last two years, Amreen, who goes by a single name, has lived with the anxiety that the walls of her house may collapse on her any time. Eleven members of her family live in a narrow building that has four rooms stacked one upon the other in Shiv Vihar in North East Delhi. When communal violence broke out in the area in February 2020, the building was damaged by gas cylinder blasts caused by fires lit by rampaging mobs. Now, plaster, mud, even bricks keep falling off from the walls. “These walls are unstable and if they collapse – if something happens to someone – it will be entirely the government’s fault,� the 22-year-old nursing student said.On their part, the family had borrowed money from relatives and spent as much as they could to renovate parts of the building. “Especially the stairs that connect the lower floors to those above,� Amreen said. But they need a minimum of Rs 2 lakh to strengthen the top floors that are now the weakest, she added.For two years, the family has been waiting for the financial compensation that the Delhi government promised to riot-hit families. Several times, officials from the claims commission appointed by the Delhi High...Read more

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