Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: www.expressindia.com
Date: May 11, 2005
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=46538
The government on Wednesday informed
the Rajya Sabha that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed in Gujarat
in the post Godhra riots of 2002.
Stating this in a written reply,
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal said a total of 223
people were reported missing, 2,548 sustained injuries, 919 were rendered
widows and 606 children were orphaned during the riots.
He said an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh
was paid by the government to the next of kin of each person killed and
Rs 5,000, Rs 15,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 to those injured up to 10
30, 40 and 50 per cent respectively.
In addition, he said relief was
also extended by the state government to the victims of the riots under
the heads of cash doles and assistance for household kits, foodgrains to
Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in affected areas, housing assistance,
rebuilding earning assets, rehabilitation of small business, assistance
to indusries/shop and hotel and so on.
The state government, he said has
informed that a total of Rs 204.62 crore has been incurred by it towards
relief and rehabilitation measures. The Gujarat government has also informed
that they had published the data as recommended by the NHRC, he added.
