Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after visiting riot-hit areas in north-east Delhi on Tuesday said that as per police reports, 79 houses have been totally burned, 168 substantially burned, and 327 shops gutted in the riots.
The Delhi government has so far distributed a total of ₹38.75 lakh as compensation in riot-hit areas. The families of people killed in the violence have been given a total of ₹22 lakh, the injured have been provided ₹9 lakh and ₹7.75 lakh distributed to people whose households were damaged.
“Eighteen SDMs are pressed into action besides four Magistrates to assess the loss incurred in the violence as well as to coordinate the relief and rehabilitation works in the affected areas. If the houses in those areas are locked, officials are trying to contact the occupants through their neighbours so that their names and details shall be included in the SDM reports,” Mr. Sisodia said.
Apart from Mr. Sisodia, Ministers Rajendra Pal Gautam, Kailash Gahlot, and Imran Hussain took stock of the relief operations on the ground.
Over 1,000 people have moved to a relief camp in Mustafabad in the last 24 hours from Shivpuri, Mustafabad and Karawal Nagar, an official statement said. The Delhi government has also set up many helpdesks at the Mustafabad relief camp from where the families can get the compensations by filling a form.
The government also held a peacekeeping initiative at the community centre of Sri Ram Colony. “Members of both the communities were present, including SDMs, SHOs and others. Pardhan of Garhi Mendoo Bhikari ji came to invite the members of the Muslim community to relocate back to their homes at Garhi Mendoo. In the meeting, decision was taken that more such trust-building programmes will be held inside the Garhi Mendoo village and a peacekeeping Aman Committee will be formed,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony Committee on Tuesday launched a WhatsApp number and email address —8950000946 and dvscommittee@delhi.gov.in — on which people can file complaints against hate messages.
“The committee also decided that all those informers, whose complaints are converted into FIRs, will be rewarded with ₹10,000,” AAP Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said.