Pakistani Hindu refugees fight for survival amid Covid lockdown in India

Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Delhi are reeling under a huge financial crisis amid covid-induced lockdown. They have urged the government to pay attention to their problem and save them from dying out of starvation.

New Delhi: To contain the spread of Covid infection, national capital Delhi has imposed a lockdown which has eventually become trouble for Hindu refugees who have migrated from Pakistan.

The Hindu refugees from Pakistan are residing in a village near the Bhati Mines area in South Delhi.

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While narrating their ordeal to ETV Bharat, they said that they are surviving with huge difficulties as amid lockdown they have lost their jobs and ran out of money.

Most of them are daily wage earners and they have nothing to feed their families.

They are forced to borrow rations from shops and are debt-ridden.

At times they face humiliation by the shop owners for not having money.

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They left their country hoping to get a better standard of living in India but now they are disappointed and wish to move back to Pakistan if their visas are arranged.

The refugees have urged the government to pay attention to their problem and extend some help to save them from starvation.

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