Twenty-six-year-old Premvati, a mother of three, is having a tough time making ends meet after her family was evacuated four days ago because of the rising water levels in the Yamuna.
With the Yamuna flowing over the danger mark, her family is one of the many living in Chilla village in Yamuna Khadar who have been evacuated.
Breastfeeding her eight-month-old baby, inside a makeshift tent near Mayur Vihar extension along the NH-24 highway, she complained about not getting adequate support and relief from the government.
"We were asked to evacuate four days ago by the authorities. We moved here and have built a temporary tent along the roadside all on our own. The tents set up by the government are already overcrowded.
"To use toilet we have to walk over a kilometer where the mobile toilets are stationed. Also, there is no proper arrangement for drinking water and food. Somehow we are managing. Today more tents are being put up and we hope to find a place there," a visibly disturbed Premvati said.
According to another evacuee Ramavtar, it happens almost every year as the water level rises and those living in low-lying areas are being asked to relocate.
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"But there is no proper arrangement of shelter, food and water. For food and water, we have to go to the tents erected up by the government, but that means walking almost a kilometer for every meal," he said, lamenting that yesterday he got only four puris for his family of four as he couldn't make it on time.
Gabr, 27, is meanwhile waiting for the water level in the river to come down so that he can check his farm land which is submerged -- the only source for his income.
Less than a mile from the ITO, on the other side of the bridge on the Yamuna,
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