‘Fire tenders were late…left with nothing’: After fire, migrants in Gurgaon slum begin rebuilding homes | Delhi News
Their temporary houses in a new city they had been calling home for the last three years stand singed. But with no hope of government help, residents of the slums in Gurgaon’s Sector 103, where a fire broke out on Wednesday and gutted over 40 jhuggis (slum hutments), have begun rebuilding their homes – but not without complaints. Mizanur Islam, 35, whose daughter is unwell with a brain tumour, said the fire tenders were delayed. “They came an hour late,” he said. The fire burnt the expensive medicines Islam had purchased for his daughter after saving Rs 12,000 a month. “She has a brain tumour. It was for her that we moved here. Now we have to return to giving her local medicine, and are left with nothing. We have no hope of relief from anyone, especially the government,” he said. “We will have to pay back the contractor for the new houses, he will cut from our pay,” Islam said, placing a bamboo pole in the ground. A plastic sheet will be wrapped over …
