The Haryana government today assured the Supreme Court that it would supply food grains free of cost for the next four months to over 100 families affected by the April 2010 caste-driven violence in Mirchpur village of Hisar district. The counsel for Haryana also told the court that the government would also provide free blankets to each family to sustain themselves during winter at a special camp set up by the government as per an earlier direction of the apex court.The apex court had yesterday sought a response from the Haryana government on giving a rehabilitation package to 125 Dalits who were forced to leave the village after the killings of a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter in April 2010 in the casteist violence.
News On AIR | December 16, 2011 2:27 PM
Haryana assures SC to supply free grains to caste-driven violence victims