After a major fire broke out at the Rohingya camp near Delhi's Kalindi Kunj metro station, refugees have been shifted to the nearby ground with NGOs and locals providing them help.
The fire broke out in Jaitpur in the wee hours of Sunday.
One of the Rohingyas said, “Everything we had has been gutted in the fire. We are being provided food and clothes by the locals, a lot of help was provided by police.”
The rescued refugees were provided temporary tent and mosquito nets to their spend time in the ground till their shanties are reconstructed.
The NGOs and local residents helped the Rohingya refugees by providing clothes, food and other necessary items.
At least 228 Rohingya Muslims were residing in the 44 shanties which were gutted in the fire.
The fire was later doused by 12 fire tenders.
As per primary information, some fault in electric wiring short-circuit led to the fire.
Legal action has been initiated in the matter under section 285, 337 and 336 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).