Here¡¯s How People Are Coming Together to Help Victims of Hindu-Muslim Riots in Delhi
Riots broke out on 24th February in Maujpur and Jafrabad areas of Delhis North East district. Twenty people including a Delhi Police head constable have died so far. Good Samaritans are using all channels to procure some of the most basic needs for people who have lost homes in the violence.
Here¡¯s How People Are Coming Together to Help Victims of Hindu-Muslim Riots in Delhi
Twenty people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have died so far in the riots that broke out on 24th February in Maujpur and Jafrabad areas of Delhi¡¯s North East district.
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Since then there have been incidents of stone-pelting, houses, factories and entire slums being burnt, violence against protestors, and incidents of targeted violence against people from the Muslim community.
Several reporters narrated in first-person accounts how men wearing saffron tilaks raised ¡®Jai Shri Ram¡¯ slogans as they burned down vehicles and shops.
Amidst all the hatred, chaos and violence, some instances of unity, love and brotherhood have emerged. Many have come together to step up donation camps for victims injured in the riots.
From Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter, Good Samaritans are using all channels to procure some of the most basic needs for people who have lost homes in the violence. From Sanitary pads, Diapers, Soaps, Dupattas, Blankets, Toothbrush you name it people are sending in Whatsapp forwards and tweeting out locations where you can drop these items for the victims.
Here are some ways in which people are arranging donations for riot victims:
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Please donate all you can do, for the victims of the NE Delhi riot victims. pic.twitter.com/LYlmSqfK6J
¡ª Akifa Shahid (@ShahidAkifa) February 27, 2020
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JNU is coordinating donations/funds in Delhi for victims, those of us overseas can donate via google pay at # 9868947995 (debit card is needed for the transaction) pic.twitter.com/BTiyTMMOON
¡ª ? (@panipataleka) February 27, 2020
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Facebook
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The help for victims is not just limited to India, people
living out of the country are doing their bit too, a Go Fund Me page set up by
Indians in the US appeals for help, ¡®We are collecting money to help Delhi riot victims. All the money would
directly benefit the victims of the riots and local personals onsite in Delhi
would help the people in need with food/shelter/medication and other things
that is necessary at this time.¡¯
Go Fund Me
Apart from donations, during the clashes, residents of the affected helped each other selflessly. Residents of Yamuna Vihar formed a human chain to ensure that school children are escorted safely amidst violence.
This is happening now at Yamuna Vihar in East Delhi.
¡ª Bodhisattva Sen Roy (@insenroy) February 25, 2020
Locals form a human chain to escort schoolchildren to safety.
Police is nowhere to be seen. Remember this is Delhi, barely 20 kms north of Hyderabad house, the site of Modi-Trump joint statement an hour or so back pic.twitter.com/HHodTvJpK8
Many Gurudwara managements in the area made adequate arrangements for accommodation and langar fort the affected people. The Sikh community in North Delhi, including a Gurdwara in Majnoo Ka Tila offered to help the injured and the needy on Monday, February 24.
Gurudwaras in North Delhi including in Majnoo ka Tila will look after people who need help tonight, Delhi GPC leaders said. People in North and Northeast Delhi please be informed .
¡ª Kallol Bhattacherjee (@janusmyth) February 24, 2020
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In Seelampur, Dalits blocked the roads against aggressive mobs and secured the area to give shelter to their Muslim neighbours.
According to a report by India Today, even a local BJP ward councillor from Yamuna Vihar came forward to help a Muslim family. The report states that long-time friend of the family, came to the rescue and prevented the mob from causing harm.
Delhi may be festered in anti ¨CMuslim and CAA violence at but its these gestures that give us hope and faith even in difficult times.
