Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Sonia & Shinde visit Assam relief camps

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi accompanied by Home Minister Shushil Kumar Shinde today visited relief camps. They were accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and met representatives of civil society organisations.“Naturally all refugees want to go back home, but this will take some more time till the situation is a little calmer,” Gandhi,“Once feelings are assuaged, the Chief Minister and others will make sure that they are able to go home,” Gandhi said in a brief statement.

 Ethnic clashes in Assam have claimed 77 lives. Gandhi  asked the refugees whether they were facing any problem in the camp or had any complaints but they replied they had none.“The refugees said that they were receiving rations regularly. Only two children were unwell and the doctors will attend to them,” Gandhi who arrived here by helicopter from Guwahati.She was accompanied by Assam Pradesh Congress chief Bhubaneswar Kalita, Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary and state ministers.

Gandhi met 25 delegations from various political parties civil society organisations and discussed measures to restore peace in the violence-hit areas of lower Assam. She met Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) chief Hagrama Mohilary, Bodoland Peoples Front, All Bodo Students Union, All Koch Rajbanshi Students Union, All Bodoland Minority Students Union and Bodo Sahitya Sabha besides senior members of district Congress.
 
UPA chief, Sonia Gandhi along with Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi visited four relief camps namely Barkanda Peoples Academy High School, Mashpara High School, Bilashipara High School and Indra Narayan Academy, Bilashipara in Dhubri district and met with refugees.The refugees who are staying at different relief camps in Dhubri district today submitted a memorandum to Gandhi demanding immediate seizure of illegal arms in BTAD area, arrangements to set up permanent Army camps in the affected villages, and dissolution of BTAD with immediate effect Mrs. Sonia Gandhi expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made by the State government for the people in relief camps and assured them of full security.

Day curfew has been lifted in all the violence affected districts. However, the night curfew continues as a precautionary measure. Official correspondent reports over One lakh sixty thousand people have returned to their homes from the relief camps. However, more than three lakh people are still in relief camps and state government is taking all steps to ensure proper medical care of people living in the camps.The security forces have intensified their patrolling to instill confidence among the people apart from keeping an eye on anti-social elements ahead of the Independence Day celebrations.media agencies

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