Question at relief camp that has no answer: 'When can we go back?'

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 09 2020 | 8:04 PM IST

They have been flooded with all kinds of queries everyday, but volunteers, lawyers and doctors at a relief camp in northeast Delhi are at a loss of words when asked the most difficult question: "When can I go back home?"
"They have been encouraging us to offer namaz in our mosque," Ahmad said. "A few of us went back to our houses, but we came back."
"Several students have lost their books in fires," Ankita Upreti from the Self-Employed Women's Association said. "Some have lost their family members. They cannot prepare for board exams in such an atmosphere."

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First Published: Mar 09 2020 | 8:04 PM IST

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