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When women go out for this, they face eve teasing problems in some places. People in nearby gardens also hit them with stones. In the forest area in the Mandapam camp, the problems of snakes are also there. Here, an old woman named Selva Nayaki, 64, doesn t eat because she is not able to go out to defecate. There are no rooms to take bath. Even women are also to take bath at common wells. No camp has adequate drinking water facilities. In Vrithachalam camp, there is only one tap but there is no water tank for that. During mornings and evenings, water comes only for a short time. They travel for some miles to fetch water by cycle and fulfill their needs. Though there are wells in Rameshwaram camp, they have not been cleaned.
Many camps have no medical facilities. In some camps, voluntary organizations provide medicines through trained people. In Mandapam camp, though there is a hospital with beds, the number of beds has not been increased for the last 15 years. Non-refugees in the nearby areas are also forced to use this hospital.
Cr che facilities inside camps are being conducted only by voluntary organizations. Providing nutritious food to children, including peanuts, has been stopped recently. Though there is no bar for students to join nearby schools and colleges, there is no fee concession. Some voluntary organizations help to some extent. But, there is no total help. The two percent reservation in higher education was revoked during the previous regime.
Please look after our refugees, without shouting like a mad man! |