Thousands return with gratitude after escape from misery
"God saved my life," 14-year-old Mohd Rabani said after reaching Delhi on Friday afternoon. "The last few days were very difficult for us. Water and some biscuits was all that we had. The police were abusing and treating us very poorly," Rabani said.
Nearly 3,000 flood victims arrived in 22 flights at the National Capital from Srinagar on Friday.
"God saved my life," 14-year-old Mohd Rabani said after reaching Delhi on Friday afternoon. "The last few days were very difficult for us. Water and some biscuits was all that we had. The police were abusing and treating us very poorly," Rabani said.
Rabani and his elder brother along with other 15 people, all natives of Bihar's Araria district, left for their native place on Friday evening.
Another flood victim Arman Bhatti said that he has never witnessed such devastating flood in his life. Bhatti and his family had reached Srinagar on September 4. "Since September 5, we were changing accommodation every 12 hours as water level was rising everywhere. We dropped our plan and returned to Delhi by a SpiceJet flight. Srinagar will take at least two years to get back to its former self," Arman told MAIL TODAY.
Similarly, a Srinagar-based lawyer who reached Delhi along with his sister complained about the attitude of rescue teams. The rescue teams are concentrating on posh area and ignoring other places, he claimed. "Places like Raj Bagh, Sonmarg are priorities of these teams. They are frequently supplying food, water bottles in these areas. These are the places where the rich and high-profile people stay," S.S. Bashir said.
On Friday, Air India alone operated three flights carrying 336 passengers free of charge from the disaster-hit J&K.