It has been over a year since a family from Chikpet near Hosanagar moved to a relief centre (Ganji Kendra) after their house collapsed in heavy rains in August 2019. Even as the locality is being battered by another spell of rains, the family continues to remain in the relief centre, thanks to the delay in providing them with an alternative facility for their stay.
Four families in Chikpet were badly hit last year. The SC residents are daily wage workers who don’t own land to cultivate. One house had collapsed completely, while three others developed cracks, forcing them to move out. The local administration set up a relief centre at an unoccupied government quarter meant for Health Department staff, for them. A couple of days later, when the rains receded, the families of Suresh, Udaya and Subramanya returned to their places, while Bangari’s family remained at the relief centre…