In a riot-affected area, voters junk communal issues for basic amenities
The Morning Standard|November 26, 2022
THE Sadatpur ward of Karawal Nagar in north-east Delhi, which is well-known for the Purvanchali and Uttrakhand diaspora in the city, is more concerned with basic issues than communal ones.
AMIT PANDEY
In a riot-affected area, voters junk communal issues for basic amenities

Despite the fact that the ward had been the most severely affected by the 2020 north-east Delhi riots, locals avoided communal issues in this election. For the area that has seen the gruesome communal violence in February 2020, basic issues proper roads, drainage, dispensary and parks are on their top priority list.

Jyot Singh Rana, 61, said that he did not see any development work in the area in the last five years, "The streets were first dug out for sewer work but later they forgot to make it."

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

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