![rulers food rulers food](https://igx.4sqi.net/img/general/600x600/nP7bPLygBIaiLx_6ZTl8TTl8qlOSaODlgx-osYZAP6k.jpg)
Kashmir University's huge camps, including lecture halls, classrooms and grounds are now home to over 4,000 people. But despite protests better sense has prevailed so far.
![rulers food rulers food](http://media.bizj.us/view/img/5682741/ruler-foods*1200xx3264-1836-0-306.jpg)
Islamia High School is located, for context, in Rajouri Kadal, a separatist stronghold. "There have been instances of locals refusing to accept aid from Delhi or from Christian missionaries at Islamia High," said a volunteer. Where are its fire services, its disaster cells, its ministers?" asked a volunteer at Jamia school, who did not want to be named. People are dying from lack of medicines and drinking water. "I haven't seen the government for the past seven days. Then, as he moved to the airport again, he was told to get the truck himself. When he got the certificate, the Army at the airport asked him to get permission from the same police station to allow the truck in. He said he was asked for a character certificate from his local police station. Nazir Bhat of Bemina said he went back and forth five times asking the Army and the police for relief supplies for his locality. Most people are suffering from hypertension and chest infections. Used diapers are left to dry in the sun and are re-used. As Mohammad Ameen Khan at Saida Kadal relief camp at Government Girls High School put it, "Shah aesith gaey gada (from being rulers of paradise, we are reduced to paupers)."įights break out over distribution of medicines and baby food - the two essentials in short supply. Schools, colleges, marriage halls, masjids and gurudwaras have all turned into make-shift aid homes where people wait for trucks with supplies to arrive. These are some of the biggest relief camps in Srinagar today with more than 3,000 people living in each camp. These people moved to relief camps in Ishber in Nishat Bagh, Islamia High School at Rajouri Kadal, Government Girls' School at Sada Kadal, Rainawari, Kashmir University, Gurudwara at Sanath Nagar. Most of the displacement in Srinagar occurred from here. Their houses around the Dal lake are still submerged.Īround 60,000 people live around the Dal, which includes 'haenz' (the boat people) and local folk in low-lying areas. They'll probably have to live here for the next one month. Some were nursing their babies, some trying to set up homes. On Wednesday, it had women and children strolling and lounging themselves on spare green patches. SRINAGAR: The Islamia High School in Rajouri Kadal, a 10-minute drive from Kashmir University, is spread across half-an-acre.