Udalguri
Relief 2008 case studies
 Jamuna
Biswas is from a Bengali background staying in Hidakhuwa
village with her husband and three children. Both Jamuna and
her husband have a hearing problem which makes them
sometimes paralyzed.
On the incidence day Jamuna
was laying her children to sleep when she heard some sound
outside. As she has a hearing problem she was not able to
hear and understand the sound clearly and so she didn’t give
much interest on it. But when the sound grew louder and
louder she came out of her house and saw everyone was
running. Her sister in law came to her house and asked and
helped her to carry her three children and go in a safety
place because her husband went for work.
They are now staying at the
relief camp and her family was allowed to stay in a separate
camp because her husband was suffering from small pox and so
that the germs doesn’t spread to other camper extra care was
provided by the Relief committee their and the local nurse
is also their everyday providing medicines to the sick
people out the in the camp.
She gave a cute smile and
said “I am very happy that the organization have
thought about us and given us these warm clothes which are
very much necessary for us because we are nit being able to
carry any clothes along with us.”
 Puspa
was staying at the Relief Camp at Rowta Balisiahabi Camp.
She is from the village called Hidakhuwa she stay with her
Husband two sons , two daughter- in laws and two daughters.
Her husband and sons run the family by doing daily wages
labour and also sometime pull thala.
When she was inside her home
with her daughters she heard some noise and came out of her
house and she saw that people are running and some houses
are also on fire. She took her daughters and daughters in
law and ran along with all the other people for safety.
Now she is safe at the
relief camp with her family. She said “My husband and sons
has gone to the field for harvesting the crops for if we
don’t cut the crops we would have nothing to eat, it is
risky to go to the field at this situation my husband need
to be extra alert because no one knows if the opposition
party may come and attack them at the field. We women are
also not safe to go back to our homes because I have two
young daughters and the opposition party has threaten my son
that if we go there they will cut us and kill us. There is
also no proper security provided by the police so we are in
fear and not being able to prepare ourself strong.”
 Jogeswar
Boro was staying in the village called Dolgaon Batabari
with his parents and wife and two children. He earns his
livelihood by driving Sumo in the local village. He and his
family was one of the victims of the Communal Violence of
Udalguri and are now still staying with his family at Rowta
College Relief Camp. On the Violence day he took his family
and other neighbors and put them in the truck and took them
at the police station. He was again returning back to his
village to see if anyone is left out and as he was coming
out of his house some people came out of a maruti van and
tried to kill him but he manage to run away from their but
still got cut in his head and was admitted to the hospital
by the police. He stayed at the hospital for 2 days and
after that retuned to the camp to stay with his family. He
and his family were safe at the camp and are taken good care
by the Committee. He and other villagers sometimes goes to
their village to see whether they would be able to stay
their again and start their livelihood again but they were
always chased out by the Muslim groups there. So now they
were hopeless and in fear and were not being able to see
their future and as all there houses were being burnt down
and were also financially so weak to construct a new home.
But still if the government and the police give them the
help and security from the communal group they will be able
to start their life.
He and his family were very
much happy and thankful to the Organisation for helping them
at this time of need. He was not being able to carry any
warm clothes for his family and children from his house
during that time and was also not being able to go for work
because, if the Muslims saw any non Muslim local people from
that place they stop their vehicle and bits them and so he
has no money to buy any clothes for his family and children.
Udalguri Relief, 2008
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