Providing Shelters And Organising Langar, How Sikh Community Is Helping Delhi Riot Victims
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee DSGMC has begun relief camps for victims and provided langar in the violence-hit areas in the national capital. Decision to help the violence victims was taken at an emergency meeting of the Sikh committee on Thursday. International Sikh Charity Khalsa Aid is also on the streets of Delhi offering help to the riot victims.
As the survivors of the worst riots in Delhi in over three decades are picking the pieces and limping back to lives, in whichever way they can. As they try to rebuild their lives there is outpouring support from various corners.
But the selfless service extended by the Sikh community stands out. Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has begun relief camps for victims and provided langar in the violence-hit areas in the national capital.
They are also providing medicine to the people in the areas. DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the decision to help the violence victims was taken at an emergency meeting of the Sikh committee on Thursday.
According to the decision, all gurdwaras in the national capital are open for shelter riot victims will also be provided with food and other needs.
¡°Some peace committees from the affected areas came to us and they went to see the gurdwaras to check the number of people they could send to there. We have already made all arrangements and Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tilla as it is very close to the riot-affected areas. We have told the representatives of the peace committees that from our side everything is ready to accommodate the victims,¡± Sirsa said.
The first langar was prepared at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, where most of the injured are admitted. Those in need were also provided with medicines.
"They may be Hindu or Muslim but we are directed by Guru Nanak Sahib to serve Humanity," Sirsa said.
He also added that the community knows well the plight of the riot victims, as they went through a similar experience in 1984.
"We understand their pain as in 1984 Sikh genocide we had faced the same," he said.
International Sikh Charity, Khalsa Aid is also on the streets of Delhi, offering help to the riot victims.
"The need of the hour is to rise above religion and work for humanity in these trying times. Khalsa Aid India team assessed the ground situation and distributed emergency food items like milk and biscuits to the affected victims irrespective of religion, caste or class," the charity said in a Facebook post.
So far 42 people have been killed in the worst violence in Delhi since the 1984 riots. The clashes began on Monday between pro and anti-CAA groups which spiralled out of control. More than 200 people have also injured in the violence, which has since been brought under control.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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