Corporates lend helping hand to Pak Hindu migrants

JODHPUR: Help is pouring in continuously for the Pak Hindu migrants who have been staying in a makeshift camp for nearly 3 months here. Several corporate houses have turned up for fulfilling their basic needs during the winter season.
On Saturday, a Rotarian from Delhi, Ashok Malik reached Jodhpur and distributed 500 blankets to the migrants. A day back, these people got a thick tent to beat the winter chill and now, keeping in mind the women and hygiene in the area, a proposal has been mooted for setting up toilets for these people.Groups like Bajaj Capital, Hero Group and Gloster Limited, apart from Rotary Delhi MidWest, have come forward to provide them with 500 blankets, a tent covering an area of 60x60 ft. and toilets, which will be shortly set up for them.
Malik, who too came as a refugee from Pakistan a long back said, "I had read a lot about the issue and the problems these people are facing in the country. We too had migrated with a lot of hope and I felt like doing something for them".
Malik visited the camp and identified the needs of a strong and thick tent, blankets and toilets for these people. "After going back to Delhi, I approached some corporate houses and garnered their support in arranging this help", said Malik. He also assured the migrants to do all he could for them, right from their basic needs to the issue of citizenship.
Compelled to live in the open on roadside and attending their daily chores there, these 399 people have not been given any help by the government despite repeated reminders. Hindu Singh Sodha, president of the Seemant Lok Sangathan, which has been looking after them and fighting for their cause said, "We have met chief minister Ashok Gehlot a number of times in Jodhpur and Jaipur but in vain. Despite his strong commitment to help us, nothing has been done till date and these people are compelled to fend for themselves".
A volunteer Prem Chand said, "Due to persistent efforts of the Sangathan, the children of the camp have been permitted to take admission in the government educational institutions now. But our consistent demand to provide us a shelter has fallen on deaf years." He rued that not a single representative either from the government or the party has so far visited them to see their woeful state except some from the opposition party.