The state government had announced a train to Guwahati for migrants on Friday after a gap of five days. The last Shramik train to Assam left Bengaluru on June 6. So we came running early in the morning.
While thousands of migrants, including people from Tripura and West Bengal, waited for hours, there was no government official in sight. City police personnel and local volunteers scrambled to control the surging crowds. The crowd has to make do with just two mobile toilets installed at the grounds. With volunteers and social activists repeatedly reaching out to officials, a BBMP team including senior officials finally arrived around Around 2pm, much to the relief of the potential passengers, BBMP officials began serving food and distributing water bottles.
More mobile toilets were set up and registrations began for those who had registered on Seva Sindhu portal. SWR obliged and a second train was commissioned. Those who could not get a seat, had no choice but to return to their homes in the city.
The rioting has largely been brought under control, although sporadic outbreaks have occurred over the past few days. On Saturday, two people died and dozens were injured in Mumbai in clashes between police and thousands of Muslims protesting against the deaths last month of Muslims in Assam.
Violence has also been reported in the southern city of Hyderabad and the western cities of Pune and Nashik. This article is more than 9 years old. Students and workers try to return to the north-east amid rumours of impending attack related to the communal violence in home state.
A student reads a newspaper as migrants from Assam gather at Bangalore railway station amid rumours of possible violence against them. Despite Shettar's assurances, many north-easterners said they felt insecure. Also trying to leave was Rita Sarma, a college student. And, once the crisis was under way, doing something other than resorting to blaming Pakistan for fomenting tension, would have been helpful.
As our little business demonstrates, local, decentralized initiative cannot completely substitute for the widening lack of public leadership. Amuleek Singh Bijral is founder of Chaipoint, a Bangalore-headquartered retail tea chain. Comments are welcome at theirview livemint. Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint. Download our App Now!! It'll just take a moment. Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image. Remove some to bookmark this image. You are now subscribed to our newsletters.
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